Greywater treatment via hybrid integrated systems for unrestricted reuse in Egypt

Journal of Water Process Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-107

  Abdel Shafy, Hussein I ^a   Al Sulaiman, Ahmed Makki ^b   Mansour, Mona S M ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AL QADISIYAH   (Iraq)

^c Spectroscopy Laboratory   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aeration; Effective micro organisms (EM); Greywater treatment; Hybrid treatment system; Settling time; Unrestricted water reuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904253980     PISSN: 22147144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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