Effects of changing hydraulic and organic loading rates on pollutant reduction in bark, charcoal and sand filters treating greywater

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 338-345

  Dalahmeh, Sahar S ^a   Pell, Mikael ^a   Hylander, Lars D ^a   Lalander, Cecilia ^a   Vinnerås, Björn ^a,b   Jönsson, Håkan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bark; Charcoal; Greywater; Hydraulic loading rate; Organic loading rate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS;

CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FILTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; POROUS MEDIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAND; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BARK; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EUTROPHICATION; FILTER; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; SAND; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER SUPPLY;

AMRT; APPARENT MINIMAL RESIDENCE TIME; BARK; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BOD(5); C(IN); C(OUT); CHANGE IN HYDRAULIC LOADING RATE; CHANGE IN ORGANIC LOADING RATE; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COD; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DO; E; EC; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GREYWATER; HLR; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATE; INFLUENT CONCENTRATION; OLR; ORGANIC LOADING RATE; P; PROBABILITY VALUE; R(2); SS; STANDARD UNIT; SU; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TOT-N; TOT-P; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; ΔHLR; ΔOLR;

CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT BARK; SILICON DIOXIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84890421233     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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