Effect of environmental and operating conditions on a full-scale trickling filter for well water treatment

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 228-234

  Tekerlekopoulou, Athanasia G ^a   Papazafiris, Panagiotis G ^a   Vayenas, Dimitris V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Biological filter; Environmental and operating conditions; Hydrogen sulphide; Iron; Manganese; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025374697     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.669179     Document Type: Article

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