Synergistic effect of biological activated carbon and enhanced coagulation in secondary wastewater effluent treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 332-339

  Aryal, A ^a   Sathasivan, A ^a   Vigneswaran, S ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BAC; DOC removal; Enhanced coagulation

Indexed keywords

BAC; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVATED CARBONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENHANCED COAGULATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; WASTEWATER EFFLUENT TREATMENT; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; COAGULATION; EFFLUENT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; MICROORGANISM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHLORIDES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FLOCCULATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84856263440     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.816     Document Type: Article

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