Evaluating Escherichia coli removal performance in stormwater biofilters: A preliminary modelling approach

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2467-2475

  Chandrasena, G I ^a   Deletic, A ^a   McCarthy, D T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION AND DESORPTIONS; ADSORPTION PROCESS; CALIBRATED MODEL; CONTINUOUS SIMULATION; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI REMOVAL; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PATHOGEN REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESORPTION; STABILIZATION PONDS; STORMS;

BIOFILTERS;

STORM WATER;

BIOFILTRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PATHOGEN; POLLUTION CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STORMWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CALIBRATION; DESORPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LABORATORY; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; VEGETATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ALGORITHMS; CAREX PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; LILIACEAE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84878913417     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.134     Document Type: Article

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