Observations on decontamination of herbicide-polluted water by marsh plant systems

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 505-511

  McKinlay, R G ^a   Kasperek, K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural wastewater treatment; Atrazine; Constructed wetlands; Herbicides; Marsh plants; Vertical flow systems; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DECONTAMINATION; HERBICIDES; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WETLANDS;

ATRAZINE; CLEAN TECHNOLOGY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; MICROORGANISM; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0033080624     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00244-9     Document Type: Article

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