The microbiology associated with glycol removal in constructed wetlands

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 99-107

  Chong, S ^a   Garelick, H ^a   Revitt, D M ^a   Shutes, R B E ^a   Worrall, P ^b   Brewer, D ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNY ANDERSON ASSOCIATES   (United Kingdom)

^c Heathrow Airport Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airport runoff; Bioremediation; Constructed wetland; Glycol; Raft reedbed system; Reedbed; Subsurface flow; Surface flow

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GLYCOLS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; SURFACES;

AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; REEDBEDS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE FLOW;

WETLANDS;

GLYCOL; RUNOFF;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNGUS; LAGOON; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; TYPHA;

EID: 0032871805     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00445-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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