Removal of hydrogen sulphide BOD from brackish water using vertical flow wetlands in a Caribbean environment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 361-367

  Giraldo, E ^a   Zarate E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Brackish water; Caribbean coast; Grease and oil content; Hydraulic conductivity; Soil clogging; Sulphide BOD; Vertical flow constructed wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILTERS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; LUBRICATING GREASES; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

SOIL CLOGGING;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OIL; SEA WATER;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLOGGING; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SALINE INTRUSION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AQUIFER; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLOMBIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; GRASS; MANGROVE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND;

CONOCARPRES ERECTUS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM PENISETUM; PHRAGMITES; SCIRPUS; SCIRPUS LACUSTRIS; TYPHA;

EID: 0035670196     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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1. A review of the design and performance of vertical-flow and hybrid reed bed treatment systems
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3. Soil clogging in vertical-flow reed beds-mechanisms, parameters, consequences and . . . solutions?