Assessment of a full-scale duckweed pond system for septage treatment

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 795-804

  Papadopoulos, F H ^a   Tsihrintzis, V A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

algae; duckweed; full scale; pond treatment; septage

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AUTOMOBILES; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; REMOVAL; STABILIZATION PONDS; TRUCKS; VACUUM; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALGAL BIOMASS; AMMONIA NITROGEN; BACTERIAL REMOVAL; COLD SEASON; DUCKWEED; DUCKWEED BIOMASS; E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FULL-SCALE; HOLDING TANK; INFLOW RATE; LEMNA MINOR; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PLANT HARVESTING; POND SYSTEMS; POND TREATMENT; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RETENTION TIME; SEPTAGE; SEPTAGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; VACUUM TRUCKS; WARM SEASONS;

LAKES;

ALGA; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; INFLOW; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POND; STABILIZATION; SURVIVAL; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; DUCKWEED POND SYSTEM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARVEST PERIOD; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POND; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEED;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 79959457035     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.514009     Document Type: Article

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