Post-treatment of up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor effluents in activated sludge process-based system for anionic surfactants

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-94

  Mungray, A K ^a   Murthy, Z V P ^a  

^a SARDAR VALLABHBHAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Activated sludge process; Anionic surfactants; Post treatment; Risk assessment; Up flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893851298     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wej.12013     Document Type: Article

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