An evaluation of a constructed wetland to treat wastewater from a dairy farm in Maryland, USA

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 199-206

  Schaafsma, Jennifer A ^a   Baldwin, Andrew H ^a   Streb, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Dairy waste; Nutrients; Oxygen demand; Suspended solids; Vegetated filter strip; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; FILTER; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION; PH; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY; EVALUATION; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345425763     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(99)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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