Nitrification potential in waste stabilisation ponds: Comparison of a secondary and tertiary pond system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 781-788

  Yamamoto, A ^a,b   Short, M D ^a,c   Van Den Akker, B ^a,c   Cromar, N J ^a   Fallowfield, H J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Nitrate; Nitrification; Nitrogen cycling; Sediment; Waste stabilisation pond

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; LAKES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABILIZATION PONDS; WATERWORKS;

AMMONIUM; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; IN-SITU; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; LABORATORY MICROCOSM; MICRO-SCALES; NITROGEN CYCLING; ORGANIC LOADINGS; POND SYSTEMS; WASTE STABILISATION POND;

OXIDATION;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

AMMONIUM; MICROCOSM; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; STABILIZATION;

BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LABORATORY; MICROCOSM; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; OXIDATION; POND; SEDIMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85000257166     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.962     Document Type: Article

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