Full-scale municipal wastewater treatment by up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) in egypt

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 30, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 134-145

  Nada, T ^a   Moawad, A ^b   El Gohary, F A ^c   Farid, M N ^d  

^a Engineering Consultant Group S A   (Egypt)

^b Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^d The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; UASB; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052416185     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.2577     Document Type: Article

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