Assessment of waste stabilization ponds for the treatment of hospital wastewater: The case of hawassa university referral hospital

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 142-150

  Beyene, Hunachew ^a   Redaie, Getachew ^a  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

E. coli; Hospital wastewater; Physicochemical parameters; Stabilization ponds; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755186956     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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