Performance of a sub-surface flow constructed wetland in polishing pre-treated wastewater - A tropical case study

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 681-687

  Kaseva, M E ^a  

^a ARDHI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

COD; Constructed wetlands; Faecal coliforms; Nutrients; Total coliforms; UASB; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; PH EFFECTS; PILOT PLANTS; POROSITY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (USAB);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; OXYGEN;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; UASB REACTOR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOPOLISHING; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT; EUROPE; JOB PERFORMANCE; PH; PILOT STUDY; PLANT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

GADUS MORHUA; PHRAGMITES; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0347318175     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2003.10.041     Document Type: Article

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