Toluene in sewage and sludge in wastewater treatment plants

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 128-134

  Mrowiec, Bozena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIELSKO BIALA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic sludge digestion; Municipal wastewater; Sewage sludge; Toluene

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION; BIOLOGICAL DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; SECONDARY SETTLING TANKS; SUPER-NATANT LIQUOR; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS (VFAS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DENITRIFICATION; SETTLING TANKS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

TOLUENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; TOLUENE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DENITRIFICATION; FATTY ACID; HYDROLYSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOLUENE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; HYDROLYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE SETTLING; SUPERNATANT; TANK; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

SEWAGE; TOLUENE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84892734185     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.563     Document Type: Article

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