Full scale membrane bioreactor treatment of hospital wastewater as forerunner for hot-spot wastewater treatment solutions in high density urban areas

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-71

  Beier, S ^a   Cramer, C ^a   Koster S ^a   Mauer, C ^b   Palmowski, L ^a   Schröder, H Fr ^a   Pinnekamp, J ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Group Communications   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hospital; Hot spot wastewater treatment; Membrane bioreactor; Pharmaceuticals urban areas

Indexed keywords

FULL SCALE; HIGH DENSITY; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER; HOT SPOT; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TREATMENT PROCESS; URBAN AREAS; WATER REUSE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; HOSPITALS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOREACTOR; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HOT SPOT; MEMBRANE; URBAN AREA; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOSPITAL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; POPULATION DENSITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

BIOREACTORS; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79251498016     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.010     Document Type: Article

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