Pretreatment of contaminated raw water by a novel double-layer biological aerated filter for drinking water treatment

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 308-314

  Han, Mei ^a   Zhao, Zhi Wei ^a   Cui, Fu Yi ^a   Gao, Wei ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Zeng, Zhi Qing ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological pretreatment; Clinoptilolite; Double layer biological aerated filter; Drinking water treatment; Floating and sunken media; Polluted source water

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025325803     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.661287     Document Type: Article

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