The importance of biological oxidation of iron in the aerobic cells of the Wheal Jane pilot passive treatment system

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 338, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 67-72

  Hall, G ^a   Swash, P ^b   Kotilainen, S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Iron oxidation; Mine water treatment; Wheal Jane

Indexed keywords

HYDROLYSIS; IRON; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TIN MINES; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

AEROBIC CELLS; MINE WATER; PILOT PASSIVE TREATMENT PLANT (PPTP); WETLAND CELLS;

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

IRON;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDITY; AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; FILTER; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION; PILOT STUDY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

AEROBIOSIS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; MINING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12944307335     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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