Inorganic profiles of chemical phosphorus removal sludge

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-77

  Carliell Marquet, Cynthia ^a   Smith, Jennifer ^b   Oikonomidis, Ioannis ^a   Wheatley, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Public health; Sewage treatment and disposal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOAVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; CHEMICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; COMMONLY USED; COPPER AND ZINC; ENVIRONMENT; IRON CONTENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEQUENTIAL CHEMICAL EXTRACTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL; TRACE METAL;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); IRON RESEARCH; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; ZINC;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; IRON; PHOSPHORUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

EID: 77956419950     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.2010.163.2.65     Document Type: Article

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