Filter bed systems treating domestic wastewater in the Nordic countries - Performance and reuse of filter media

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1651-1659

  Jenssen, Petter D ^a   Krogstad, Tore ^a   Paruch, Adam M ^b   Mæhlum, Trond ^b   Adam, Kinga ^a   Arias, Carlos A ^c   Heistad, Arve ^a   Jonsson, Lena ^d   Hellström, Daniel ^d   Brix, Hans ^c   Yli Halla, Markku ^e   Vråle, Lasse ^a   Valve, Matti ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Stockholm Water Company   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f Finish Environmental Institute   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biofilter, Light weight aggregates; Onsite wastewater treatment; Treatment performance, Recycling of phosphorus, Fertilizer effect

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC PRE-TREATMENT; BACTERIA REMOVAL; BATHING WATER; CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE; DENMARK; DESIGN GUIDELINES; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; EXPANDED CLAY; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FILTER MATERIALS; FILTER MEDIA; FILTRALITE; FINLAND; LIGHT WEIGHT; LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE; LIMING EFFECTS; NORDIC COUNTRIES; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS SORPTION; PRE-TREATMENT; SATURATED FLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE, RECYCLING OF PHOSPHORUS, FERTILIZER EFFECT; VIRUS REMOVAL; WETLAND PLANTS;

AGGREGATES; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL FILTER BEDS; EFFLUENTS; FERTILIZERS; HEAVY METALS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RECYCLING; SEPTIC TANKS; SORPTION; VIRUSES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BATHING WATER; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILTRATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; SORPTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VIRUS; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77957780180     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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