Performance of A Pilot-Scale Vermifilter for the Treatment of A Real Hospital Wastewater

• Main Authors: Nahid Ghobadi (Author), Reza Shokoohi (Author), Ali Reza Rahmani (Author), Mohammad Taghi Samadi (Author), Kazem Godini (Author), Mohammad Reza Samarghandi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In this study, the performance of a pilot-scale vermifilter (VF) for the treatment of hospital wastewater using the earthworm species Eisenia fetida was evaluated. The earthworms' gut acts as a bioreactor and can ingest the wastewater solid and liquid organic wastes and expel these as vermicomp...