The comparison of parasite eggs and protozoan cysts of urban raw wastewater and efficiency of various wastewater treatment systems to remove them

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 244-248

  Sharafi, Kiomars ^a   Fazlzadehdavil, Mehdi ^b   Pirsaheb, Meghdad ^a   Derayat, Jamshid ^a   Hazrati, Sadegh ^b  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Constructed wetland; Parasitic egg; Protozoan cyst; Stabilization ponds

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; EFFLUENT QUALITY; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MICROBIAL QUALITY; NATURAL SYSTEMS; PARASITE EGGS; PARASITIC EGG; PROTOZOAN CYST; QUALITY CHARACTERISTIC; RAW WASTEWATERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; WASTEWATER PLANTS; WASTEWATER REUSE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

EFFLUENTS; PROTOZOA; STABILIZATION PONDS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CYST; EFFLUENT; EGG; PARASITE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PROTOZOAN; STABILIZATION; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 84860269397     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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