Nutrient and trace-metal removal by bauxsol pellets in wastewater treatment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5746-5753

  Despland, Laure M ^a,b,c   Clark, Malcolm W ^a   Vancov, Tony ^b   Erler, Dirk ^a   Aragno, Michel ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Industry and Investment NSW   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMMOX; CEMENT BINDER; CHARGE-TO-MASS RATIOS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILE SOILS; FIELD TRIAL; HIGH SURFACE AREA; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NITROGEN CYCLES; PH ADJUSTMENT; PHOSPHATE REMOVAL; POST TREATMENT; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; VOLUME RATIO;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; METALS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; PHOSPHORUS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

BAUXSOL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; REAGENT; TRACE METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ION; MINERAL; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDE; PH; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RESEARCH WORK; SOIL FERTILITY; TRACE METAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOCHEMISTRY; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; SOIL FERTILITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79959892700     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200934y     Document Type: Article

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