Treatment of agricultural and domestic effluents in constructed downflow reed beds employing recirculation

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 529-536

  Sun, G ^a   Gray, K R ^a   Biddlestone, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural wastewater; BOD5 removal; Nitrification; Recirculation; Reed bed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITRIFICATION; REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTEWATER; AMMONIACAL NITROGEN; BOD5; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RATE; RECIRCULATIONS; REED BED; REED BED TREATMENT SYSTEMS; WATER RECIRCULATION;

EFFLUENTS;

AMMONIA; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLANT GROWTH; RECYCLING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0031835866     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331908616709     Document Type: Article

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