Nutrient and trace organic contaminant removal from wastewater of a resort town: Comparison between a pilot and a full scale membrane bioreactor

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-48

  Phan, Hop V ^a   Hai, Faisal I ^a   McDonald, James A ^b   Khan, Stuart J ^b   Zhang, Ren ^a   Price, William E ^a   Broeckmann, Andreas ^c   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c GHD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decentralised WWTP; Membrane bioreactor; Nutrient removal; Trace organic contaminants (TrOCs); Water reuse

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CAFFEINE; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRUG PRODUCTS; HERBICIDES; HORMONES; IMPURITIES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; POTABLE WATER; SEWAGE; STEROID HORMONES; UREA; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY;

DECENTRALISED; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; WATER REUSE;

EFFLUENTS;

BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DRUG; MEMBRANE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; SEWAGE; TRACE METAL; WASTEWATER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84941314674     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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