Municipal gravity sewers: An unrecognised source of nitrous oxide

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 211-218

  Short, Michael D ^a,b   Daikeler, Alexander ^a,c   Peters, Gregory M ^a,d   Mann, Kirsten ^a   Ashbolt, Nicholas J ^a,e   Stuetz, Richard M ^a   Peirson, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity sewer networks; Greenhouse gas emissions; Municipal wastewater; Nitrification denitrification; Nitrous oxide; Urban water sector

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

GRAVITY SEWER; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; URBAN WATERS;

COMBINED SEWERS;

NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

DENITRIFICATION; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SEWER NETWORK; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW RATE; GRAVITY SEWER; MICROORGANISM; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWER; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA;

GRAVITY SEWER NETWORKS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; URBAN WATER SECTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CITIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; NITROUS OXIDE; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84883714115     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.051     Document Type: Article

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