Reducing the effect of cyanobacteria in the microfiltration of secondary effluent

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1682-1688

  Goh, Y T ^a   Harris, J L ^a   Roddick, F A ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Coagulation; Dissolved air flotation; Microcystis aeruginosa; Microfiltration; Secondary effluent

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CELLS; ALGAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ALUM COAGULATION; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXTRACELLULAR ORGANIC MATTERS; FLUX RATES; FLUX RECOVERY; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MEMBRANE PLANTS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PRE-TREATMENT; SECONDARY EFFLUENT;

AIR; ALGAE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAGULATION; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLOTATION; FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEWAGE; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALGA; COAGULATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; FLOTATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROCYSTIS; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 78649648647     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.482     Document Type: Article

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