Cheese whey wastewater: Characterization and treatment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 445-446, Issue , 2013, Pages 385-396

  Carvalho, Fátima ^a   Prazeres, Ana R ^a,b   Rivas, Javier ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BEJA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological treatment; Cheese whey wastewater; Dairy effluent characterization; Physicochemical treatment; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; AEROBIC SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CHEESE WHEY; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; COAGULATION FLOCCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DAIRY EFFLUENTS; DAIRY INDUSTRY; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENTS; RAW MILK; SALINE EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER GENERATION; ZERO DISCHARGE;

BIODEGRADATION; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; DAIRY PRODUCTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLOCCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WETLANDS;

EFFLUENTS;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; WATER;

COAGULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; CHEESE; CHEESE WHEY WASTEWATER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEANING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DILUTION; EFFLUENT; FLOCCULATION; FOOD PROCESSING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MILK; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WETLAND; WHEY;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEESE; DAIRYING; MILK; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84873192059     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.038     Document Type: Review

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