Treatment of agricultural wastewater in a combined tidal flow-downflow reed bed system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 139-146

  Sun, G ^a   Gray, K R ^a   Biddlestone, A J ^a   Cooper, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ARM LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural wastewater; Downflow; Nitrification; Recirculation; Reed beds; Tidal flow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTEWATER; COMBINED TIDAL FLOW DOWN FLOW REED BED SYSTEM; DOWNFLOW; REED BEDS; TIDAL FLOW;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLOW OF WATER; NITRIFICATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; OXYGEN;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW RATE; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0032861093     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00457-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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