Assessment of effluent quality of tertiary wastewater treatment plant at buraidah city and its reuse in irrigation

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1723-1731

  Al Turki, Ahmad I ^a  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biological oxygen demand; Effluent quality; Fecal coliforms; Residual sodium carbonate; Sodium adsorption ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBONATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HAZARDS; HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; OXYGEN; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SODIUM; SODIUM BICARBONATE; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT QUALITY; FECAL COLIFORMS; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 77954823172     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.1723.1731     Document Type: Article

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