Colour and TOC reduction using biofilter packed with natural zeolite for the treatment of textile wastewaters

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 33, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 147-155

  Ojstrsek, Alenka ^a   Fakin, Darinka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Colour reduction; Synthetic textile wastewaters; TOC reduction; Zeolitic tuff

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054939437     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.2623     Document Type: Article

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