Inactivation of faecal bacteria in wastewater by methylene blue and visible light

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 20, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 209-219

  Sabbahi, Sonia ^a,b   Alouini, Zoubeir ^a   Ayed, Layla Ben ^a   Jemli, Meryam ^a   Boudabbous, Abdellatif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Faecal coliforms; Mechanisms reaction; Methylene blue; Photobleaching; Photosensitization; Pseudo first order reaction; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 77958010605     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1171     Document Type: Article

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