Field test of grassed-swale performance in removing runoff pollution

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 168-171

  Yu, Shaw L ^a   Kuo, Jan Tai ^b   Fassman, Elizabeth A ^a   Pan, Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMP);

WATER RESOURCES;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; VEGETATION COVER;

TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035340109     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2001)127:3(168)     Document Type: Article

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