A review of membrane fouling in municipal secondary effluent reclamation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 771-777

  Ke, Xu ^a   Hongqiang, Ren ^a   Lili, Ding ^a   Jinju, Geng ^a   Tingting, Zhang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Effluent organic matter; Membrane fouling; Municipal secondary effluent; Nanofiltration; Reclamation; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; OSMOSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84873080313     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1147-y     Document Type: Article

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