Improvement of drinking water quality by using plant biomass through household biosand filter - A decentralized approach

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1842-1848

  Baig, Shams Ali ^a   Mahmood, Qaisar ^a   Nawab, Bahadar ^a   Shafqat, Mustafa Nawaz ^a   Pervez, Arshid ^a  

^a COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biosand filter; Coniferous pinus bark biomass; Decentralized treatment; E. coli; Total coliforms

Indexed keywords

BIOSAND FILTER; CONIFEROUS PINUS BARK BIOMASS; DECENTRALIZED TREATMENT; E. COLI; TOTAL COLIFORMS;

ADSORPTION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POTABLE WATER; TURBIDITY; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; BARK; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONIFEROUS TREE; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOMASS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SAND; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80052102620     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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