Biofiltration for geosmin and MIB removal

AWWA 124th Annual Conference and Exposition: The World's Water Event, ACE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Meyer, Kerry J ^a   Summers, R Scott ^b   Westerhoff, Paul ^c   Metz, Debbie ^d  

^a CAROLLO ENGINEERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Greater Cincinnati Water Works   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE CARBON FILTERS; CINCINNATI; EMPTY BED CONTACT TIME; EXPOSED TO; FULL-SCALE BIOFILTER; GEOSMIN; INFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; INFLUENT WATER QUALITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; PERFORMANCE FACTORS; PILOT SCALE; PILOT STUDIES; SAND MEDIA; SOURCE WATERS; STEADY-STATE CONCENTRATIONS;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

REMOVAL;

EID: 84874294196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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