Preliminary investigation of the potential of four tropical emergent macrophytes for treatment of pre-treated pulp and papermill wastewater in Kenya

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 223-231

  Abira, M A ^a   Ngirigacha, H W ^b   Van Bruggen, J J A ^c  

^a Department of Water Development   (Kenya)

^b Aquaclean Consultants   (Kenya)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Cyperus; Papermill wastewater; Phragmites

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDRAULICS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WETLANDS;

MACROPHYTES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BATCH REACTOR; BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CYPERUS IMMENSUS; EFFLUENT STANDARD; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; KENYA; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PULP MILL; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW;

CYPERUS; CYPERUS IMMENSUS; PHRAGMITES; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 0242552243     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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