Performance predictions of mature experimental constructed wetlands which treat urban water receiving high loads of lead and copper

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1270-1277

  Scholz, Miklas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Constructed wetlands; Copper; Lead; Macrophytes; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOFILTERS; COPPER; FLOW OF WATER; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LEAD; METALS; REDOX REACTIONS; WETLANDS;

MACROPHYTES;

WATER TREATMENT;

COPPER SULFATE; LEAD; OXYGEN;

AGGREGATE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COPPER; LEAD; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONDUCTANCE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MACROPHYTE; MASS; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLID; STREAM (RIVER); TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037366799     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00373-1     Document Type: Article

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