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Application of Polyelectrolytes in Municipal Waste Treatment

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Water-Soluble Polymers

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Raw municipal waste water consists of domestic sewage alone or a combination of domestic sewage, industrial waste and/or storm sewer run-off that contains five major pollutants: suspended solids, organic matter, phosphate compounds, nitrogen compounds, and pathogenic organisms.

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Flock, H.G., Rausch, E.G. (1973). Application of Polyelectrolytes in Municipal Waste Treatment. In: Bikales, N.M. (eds) Water-Soluble Polymers. Polymer Science and Technology, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4583-1_2

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