Physico-chemical screening of phosphate-removing substrates for use in constructed wetland systems

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3595-3602

  Drizo, A ^a   Frost, C A ^b   Grace, J ^a   Smith, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bauxite; Fly ash; Life expectancy of a CWS; Light expanded clay aggregates; Phosphorus; Phragmites australis; Removal efficiency; Shale; Waste water

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CLAY MINERALS; FLY ASH; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE; LIMESTONE; PHOSPHATES; POROSITY; SHALE; WETLANDS; ZEOLITES;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEMS (CWS);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LIMESTONE; PHOSPHATE; ZEOLITE;

PHOSPHATE; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CONDUCTANCE; FLY ASH; PH; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0032845205     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00082-2     Document Type: Article

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