Heavy metals removal from mine runoff using compost bioreactors

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1533-1546

  Christian, David ^a   Wong, Edmund ^a   Crawford, Ronald L ^a   Cheng, I Francis ^a   Hess, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

compost bioreactor; metals removal; sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; COMPOSTING; MANGANESE; METALS; RUNOFF;

BE ADSORPTION; COMPOST BIOREACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY; FIELD SCALE; HEAVY METALS REMOVALS; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; MAJOR METAL; MATRIX; METAL REMOVAL; RUNOFF WATER; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULPHATE REDUCTION;

CADMIUM;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; BIOREACTOR; COMPOST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVEL; HEAVY METAL; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; LABORATORY METHOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MATRIX; MINING; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESEARCH WORK; RUNOFF; STRAW; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; COMPOST; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MINING; NONHUMAN; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78649720299     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331003786277     Document Type: Article

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