The treatment of metals in urban runoff by constructed wetlands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 211-219

  Scholes, L ^a   Shutes, R B E ^a   Revitt, D M ^a   Forshaw, M ^b   Purchase, D ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment Agency; Metals; Pollutants; Runoff; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; RUNOFF; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; RUNOFF; WASTE WATER; WETLAND;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HEAVY METAL; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; URBAN RUNOFF; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE WATER; WEATHER;

UK;

EID: 0032543488     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00072-2     Document Type: Article

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