Striking the balance between nutrient removal, greenhouse gas emissions, receiving water quality, and costs

Water Environment Research

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2307-2316

  Falk, Michael W ^a   Reardon, David J ^a   Neethling, J B ^a   Clark, David L ^b   Pramanik, Amit ^c  

^a HDR ENGINEERING INC   (United States)

^b HDR Engineering   (United States)

^c Water Environment Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas emissions; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; COSTS; EFFLUENTS; GAS PLANTS; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ACHIEVABLE PERFORMANCE; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; RECEIVING WATER QUALITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

EFFLUENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY; ENERGY YIELD; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84888629999     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143013X13807328848379     Document Type: Article

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