The use of laboratory sand, soil and crushed-glass filter columns for polishing domestic-strength synthetic wastewater that has undergone secondary treatment

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1635-1641

  Healy, M G ^a   Burke, P ^a   Rodgers, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Glass; Horizontal flow biofilm reactor (HFBR); Intermittent filtration; Sand; Soil; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT; BACTERIAL NUMBERS; BACTERIAL REMOVAL; BIOFILM REACTORS; CRUSHED GLASS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; FILTER COLUMNS; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; SECONDARY TREATMENT; SOIL FILTERS; SUSPENDED MATTERS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATMENT METHODS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; GLASS; POLISHING; SAND; SEPTIC TANKS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; GLASS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOFILTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORIZONTAL FLOW BIOFILM REACTOR; NITRIFICATION; SAND SOIL CRUSHED GLASS FILTER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SOIL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; GLASS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79952036309     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2010.506130     Document Type: Article

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