Effect of algal biofilm and operational conditions on nitrogen removal in waste stabilization ponds: UNESCO-IHE PhD thesis

Effect of Algal Biofilm and Operational Conditions on Nitrogen Removal in Waste Stabilization Ponds: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-129

  Babu, Mohammed ^a  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IN UGANDA   (Uganda)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFLUENTS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; NITRIFICATION; PONDS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE LAGOONS; STABILIZATION; STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

LOW COST TECHNOLOGY; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CONTENT; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; REMOVAL MECHANISM; TSS CONCENTRATION; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTEWATER STABILIZATION PONDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

EID: 85050817649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
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