Purification of fuel and nitrate contaminated ground water using a free water surface constructed wetland plant

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1665-1673

  Machate, Thomas ^a,b   Heuermann, Elisabeth ^c   Schramm, Karl Werner ^b   Kettrup, Antonius ^b  

^a Umweltschutz Süd GmbH and Co   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Umweltschutz Nord GmbH and Co   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; EXTRACTION; IMPURITIES; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PILOT PLANTS; SURFACE WATERS; VAPORIZATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

HYDRAULIC LOADING RATE; NITRITE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SURFACE REMOVAL RATE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; FUEL; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

SCIRPUS; TYPHA;

EID: 0033199256     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800050034x     Document Type: Article

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