Recycled glass compared to sand as a media in polishing filters for on-site wastewater treatment

Water Practice and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Gill, L W ^a   Veale, P L ^a   Murray, M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Nutrient removal; On site wastewater treatment; Recycled glass; Sand filter

Indexed keywords

E. COLI; GLASS FILTERS; IN-PROCESS; INDICATOR BACTERIA; MONITORED PARAMETERS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT; PHOSPHORUS ADSORPTION; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; RECYCLED GLASS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SAND FILTER; TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEMS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TREATED EFFLUENT; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLASS; LIMESTONE; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; RECYCLING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80054012339     PISSN: 1751231X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2011.058     Document Type: Article

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