Rainwater treatment in airports using slow sand filtration followed by chlorination: Efficiency and costs

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 65, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-129

  Moreira Neto, Ronan Fernandes ^a   Calijuri, Maria Lúcia ^a   Carvalho, Isabella De Castro ^a   Santiago, Aníbal Da Fonseca ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Airports; Alternative water sources; Rainwater treatment; Rational water use; Slow sand filtration

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL TRENDS; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; POTENTIAL SITES; RAINWATER QUALITY; RAINWATER TREATMENT; SLOW SAND FILTRATION; TREATMENT COSTS; WATER REUSE; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SOURCE; WATER USE;

AIRPORTS; CHLORINATION; COSTS; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE; OXYGEN; RAIN;

AIRPORT; CHLORINATION; FILTRATION; RAINWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AIRPORT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHLORINATION; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTRATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; PH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SAND FILTRATION; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84862742523     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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