Role of hydraulic retention time and granular medium in microbial removal in tertiary treatment reed beds

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2645-2653

  García, Joan ^a   Vivar, Joan ^a   Aromir, Maria ^a   Mujeriego, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coliphages; Constructed wetlands; Faecal coliforms; Granular medium; Hydraulic retention time; Reed beds

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDRAULICS;

HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME (HRT);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MICROBIAL POLLUTANT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFLUENT; FECES MICROFLORA; MATERIALS; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SPAIN; TIME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WETLAND;

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0038330547     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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