Wastewater polishing index: A tool for a rapid quality assessment of reclaimed wastewater

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 267-277

  Verlicchi, Paola ^a   Masotti, Luigi ^a   Galletti, Alessio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental validation; Natural treatments; Polishing treatments; Reuse; Sensitivity analysis; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; E. COLI; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW; LAGOONING; NATURAL SYSTEMS; NATURAL TREATMENT; NEW INDICES; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY LEVELS; RAPID ASSESSMENT; RAPID SAND FILTRATION; RECLAIMED WASTEWATER; REUSE; SLOW FILTRATION; SURFACE WATER BODY; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY INDEX; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PLANTS; POLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

AMMONIA; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FILTRATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE WATER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; ITALY; SAMPLE SIZE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER POLISHING INDEX; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79151473573     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1386-7     Document Type: Article

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