Impact of hydraulic loading rate and media type on removal of bulk organic matter and nitrogen from primary effluent in a laboratory-scale soil aquifer treatment system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 217-226

  Abel, Chol D T ^a   Sharma, Saroj K ^a   Buçpapaj, Ervin ^a   Kennedy, Maria D ^a,b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bulk organic matter; Hydraulic loading rate; Nitrogen; Soil aquifer treatment; Soil type

Indexed keywords

FILTERING MATERIALS; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; NITRIFICATION PROCESS; PRIMARY EFFLUENT; SAND COLUMNS; SOIL AQUIFER TREATMENTS; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL TYPES;

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SILICA SAND; SOILS; TURBINES;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AMMONIUM; AQUIFER; FILTRATION; HYDRAULICS; LABORATORY METHOD; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL COLUMN; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATE; NITRIFICATION; REDUCTION; SOIL; SOIL TREATMENT;

GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84881155581     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.242     Document Type: Article

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