Biofilm responses to toxic shocks in closed pipes: Using nitrous oxide emissions as an early warning of toxicity ahead of a wastewater treatment works

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Black, G ^a   Jones, M ^b   Vale, P ^b   Johnson, N ^c   Nocker, A ^a   Cartmell, E ^a   Dotro, G ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SEVERN TRENT WATER LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED UTILITIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Nitrous oxide; Sewer; Toxicity; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DATA PROCESSING; NITROGEN OXIDES; SEWERS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; INFLUENT WASTEWATERS; NITRIFICATION INHIBITIONS; NITRIFICATION INHIBITOR; NITRIFYING BIOFILMS; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS;

NITRIFICATION;

ALLYLTHIOUREA; NITROUS OXIDE; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFILM; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; INHIBITION; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; PIPELINE; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; PILOT STUDY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROCESS MODEL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEWER; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84892176348     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1837-1     Document Type: Article

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