Improvement of domestic wastewater quality by subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-25

  Neralla, Srinivasan ^a   Weaver, Richard W ^a   Lesikar, Bruce J ^a   Persyn, Russell A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BOD5; Chlorination; Constructed wetlands; Fecal coliforms; Septic effluents

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS); VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS (VSS);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; FECES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0034095272     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(00)00039-0     Document Type: Article

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