Tertiary lagoons, or maturation ponds, have generally been viewed as an effective and low-
cost method of removing pathogens from wastewater. Their low operation and maintenance …

Agricultural non-point source pollution is one of the important reasons for rural water
pollution, and it is also an important source of water eutrophication. In recent years, with the …

Although initially based purely on environmental principles of reuse and recycling, natural
waste treatment systems proved to have economic advantages over mechanical systems in …

Cigarette butts (CBs) comprise one of the most relevant categories of marine litter
worldwide. This study was structured as a case study simultaneously assessing (i) the …

Nitrogen removal processes and nitrogen mass balances in algae-based ponds (ABPs) and
duckweed (Lemna gibba)-based ponds (DBPs) were assessed during periods of 4 months …

Quantification of ammonia volatilisation from wastewater stabilisation ponds is important in
order to understand its significance for overall nitrogen removal in these widely applied low …

" Waste Stabilisation Ponds is the third volume in the series Biological Wastewater
Treatment. The major variants of pond systems are fully covered, namely: facultative ponds …

A simple apparatus was designed to collect ammonia gas coming out from waste
stabilization ponds (WSP). The apparatus has a capture chamber and an absorption system …

This work focuses on the performance of a primary facultative pond, in a full-scale waste
stabilization pond system, located in a temperate climate region (average air temperature in …

Those who set legally binding standards, or effluent quality requirements (EQR), for waste
stabilization ponds (or indeed any wastewater treatment process) have, or at least should …