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Dec 1, 1984

Discussion of “New Activated Sludge Theory: Steady State” by Ritchie D. Mikesell (February, 1984)

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Richard B. Kapuscinski, A. M. ASCE
Asst. Prof., Grad. Student, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109
Lynn E. Katz
Grad. Student, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109
Domenico Grasso, A. M. ASCE
Grad. Student, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109

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