Pollutant removal by horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands in Lithuania

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 1467-1478

  Gasiunas, Valerijus ^a   Strusevicius, Zenonas ^a   Struseviciene, Marija Sigita ^a  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Horizontal flow; Reed bed filters; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COMPOSITION; IMPURITIES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS (CW); HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW (HSSF); ORGANIC MATTER (OM); POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

WETLANDS;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; PHOSPHORUS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; FILTER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LITHUANIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NITRIFICATION; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING;

AMMONIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; LITHUANIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS;

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 18744376010     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ESE-200055889     Document Type: Conference Paper

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