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ArticleHeliyon2022

Performance evaluation of a full-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor coupled with trickling filters for municipal wastewater treatment in a developing country.

Philomina M A Arthur, Yacouba Konaté, Boukary Sawadogo, Gideon Sagoe, Bismark Dwumfour-Asare, Issahaku Ahmed, Myron N V Williams

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Epidemiological monitoring of sewage sludge and wastewater from an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor using SARS-CoV-2 as a model.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2025
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  3. Low-cost, reliable, and highly efficient removal of COD and total nitrogen from sewage using a sponge-filled trickling filter.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Philomina M A ArthurInstitut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Laboratoire Eaux Hydro-Systèmes et Agriculture (LEHSA), 1 Rue de la Science 01 BP 594 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
Yacouba KonatéInstitut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Laboratoire Eaux Hydro-Systèmes et Agriculture (LEHSA), 1 Rue de la Science 01 BP 594 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
Boukary SawadogoInstitut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Laboratoire Eaux Hydro-Systèmes et Agriculture (LEHSA), 1 Rue de la Science 01 BP 594 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
Gideon SagoeWaste Landfills Co. Ltd., P. O. Box DT, 1670, Adenta, Accra, Ghana.
Bismark Dwumfour-AsareDepartment of Environmental Health and Sanitation Education, AAM-University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, Box 40, Asante-Mampong Campus, Ghana.
Issahaku AhmedSewerage Systems Ghana Ltd., Accra, Ghana.
Myron N V WilliamsBrew-Hammond Energy Center, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poor wastewater management remains a critical health and environmental challenge in most developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa due to the lack of adequate infrastructure for collection and treatment. This study evaluated the performance and methane production of a full-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor of capacity 18000 m

Indexed as

Anaerobic digestionBiogas productionMunicipal wastewaterPost-treatment unitsRemoval efficiencyUASB reactor

Identifiers

PMID36042723
PMCPMC9420492

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