A mass balance approach to the fate of viruses in a municipal wastewater treatment plant during summer and winter seasons

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 364-370

  Ulbricht, Katharina ^a   Selinka, Hans Christoph ^b   Wolter, Stefanie ^c   Rosenwinkel, Karl Heinz ^a   Nogueira, Regina ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^c Stabstellenleiterin Forschung und Innovation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Adenoviruses; Mass balance; Season; Somatic coliphages; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADENOVIRUSES; MASS BALANCE; SEASON; SOMATIC COLIPHAGES;

VIRUSES;

RAIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MASS BALANCE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUMMER; WASTEWATER; WINTER;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; MASS BALANCE; NONHUMAN; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; VIRUS INACTIVATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WINTER;

COLIPHAGES; SEASONS; SEWAGE; VIRUSES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84896879678     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.722     Document Type: Article

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