Potential of organic filter materials for treating greywater to achieve irrigation quality: A review

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1832-1840

  Dalahmeh, Sahar S ^a   Hylander, Lars D ^b   Vinnerås, Björn ^a,c   Pell, Mikael ^a   Öborn, Ingrid ^a   Jönsson, Håkan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bark; Greywater; Mulch; Organic by products; Peat; Straw; Wood chips

Indexed keywords

BARK; GREYWATER; MULCH; ORGANIC BY-PRODUCTS; WOOD CHIPS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PEAT; RATING; RURAL AREAS; SEPTIC TANKS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EFFLUENTS;

AMMONIA; BORON; FAT; METHYLENE BLUE; NITROGEN; OIL; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM; WATER;

BARK; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; FILTRATION; IRRIGATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MULCH; ODOR; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PEAT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; RURAL AREA; STRAW; SURFACTANT; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WOOD;

ARTICLE; BARK; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOST; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTER; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); JORDAN; MULCH; ODOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYTOTOXICITY; RURAL AREA; SALMONELLA; SOIL PROPERTY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND; WOOD; WOOD DEBRIS;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; FILTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BARK; CHIPS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH; IMPURITIES; IRRIGATION; MULCH; PEAT; POLLUTION; SOIL; STRAW; TANKS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

JORDAN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79957648271     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.387     Document Type: Article

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