The use of a subsurface infiltration system in treating campus sewage under variable loading rates

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-109

  Li, Haibo ^a   Li, Yinghua ^a   Sun, Tieheng ^a   Wang, Xin ^a  

^a SHENYANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydraulic loading rate; Pollutant loading rate; Sewage treatment; Soil treatment; Subsurface wastewater infiltration

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA NITROGEN; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; HIGH QUALITY; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; LOADING RATE; OPERATING CONDITION; PILOT SCALE; PILOT SCALE TEST; POLLUTANT LOADINGS; PURIFICATION PROCESS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SHARP INCREASE; SOIL TREATMENT; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS; VARIABLE LOADINGS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LOADING; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; SEEPAGE; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TURBINES; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; INFILTRATION; LOADING TEST; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 83555173691     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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