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ArticleJournal of environmental management2021

Technical evaluation and optimization of a mobile septage treatment unit.

Aaron A Forbis-Stokes, Arumugam Kalimuthu, Janani Ravindran, Marc A Deshusses

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Article in Journal of environmental management, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Aaron A Forbis-StokesDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Triangle Environmental Health Initiative, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: aaron@triangle-environmental.com.
Arumugam KalimuthuWater, Sanitation and Hygiene Institute, Kodaikanal, India.
Janani RavindranWater, Sanitation and Hygiene Institute, Kodaikanal, India.
Marc A DeshussesDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: marc.deshusses@duke.edu.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A mobile septage treatment unit was built in India using readily available filters and membranes (mesh fabric, sand, granular activated carbon (GAC), microfilter, ultrafilter) and installed on the bed of a small truck. The target application was emptying of septic or sewage holding tanks and concentration of suspended solids while generating a liquid that could be discharged. The system was evaluated for operational and treatment performance while processing septage in the field at 108 sites in Tamil Nadu, India. After one phase of evaluation (Phase I), the system was improved and three replicate systems with slight modifications were fabricated for a second round of evaluation (Phase II) alongside the original, but modified unit. In Phase I, 105 m

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SewageWaste Disposal, FluidBiological Oxygen Demand AnalysisIndiaSewageFull-scaleMicrofiltrationMobileOnsite wastewater treatmentSeptageUltrafiltration

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PMID32950778
PMCPMC7695683

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