Assessment of wastewater effluent quality in Thessaly region, Greece, for determining its irrigation reuse potential

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-194

  Bakopoulou, S ^a   Emmanouil, C ^a   Kungolos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Microbiological analyses; Physicochemical analyses; Phytotoxkit; Thessaly region; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOTOXICITY; RECYCLING; TOXICITY TEST; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; EFFLUENT; EFFLUENT STANDARD; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GREECE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FRESH WATER; GERMINATION; GREECE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; METALS, HEAVY; SINAPIS; SORGHUM; TOXICITY TESTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREECE; THESSALY;

DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 78649870234     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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