Constructed Wetlands as a Sustainable Solution for Wastewater Treatment in Small Villages

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-118

  Solano, M L ^a   Soriano, P ^a   Ciria, M P ^b  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT Centre for Energetic Environmental and Technological Research   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADUS MORHUA; PHRAGMITES; STREPTOCOCCUS; TYPHA;

EID: 0346463270     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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