Comparative treatment of dye-rich wastewater in engineered wetland systems (EWSs) vegetated with different plants

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 271-280

  Mbuligwe, Stephen E ^a,b  

^a ARDHI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattail wetland bed; Coco yam wetland bed; Dye rich wastewater; Engineered wetland systems (EWSs)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

DYE-RICH WASTEWATER; ENGINEERED WETLAND SYSTEMS (EWS); SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRIES (SSI); TIE-AND-DYE (TAD);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DYE; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DECOLORIZATION; PILOT SCALE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION;

COCO; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; TYPHA;

EID: 11844298337     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.09.022     Document Type: Article

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