Recent advancements in the treatment of municipal wastewater reverse osmosis concentrate - An overview

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 193-248

  Umar, Muhammad ^a   Roddick, Felicity ^a   Fan, Linhua ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

advanced oxidation processes; biological treatment; coagulation; electrochemical oxidation; membrane filtration; ozonation; Reverse osmosis concentrate; UV H2O2; UV TiO2; wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FILTRATION; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; OXIDATION; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; REVERSE OSMOSIS CONCENTRATES; UV/H2O2; UV/TIO2;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; OSMOSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADABILITY; OXIDATION; OZONATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REVIEW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 84920089662     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2013.852378     Document Type: Review

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