The functioning of a wetland system used for polishing effluent from a sewage treatment plant

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-124

  Toet, Sylvia ^a,c   Van Logtestijn, Richard S P ^a   Schreijer, Michiel ^b   Kampf, Ruud ^b   Verhoeven, Jos T A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Waterboard Hollands Noorderkwartier   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faecal coliforms; Mass budgets; Nitrogen; Oxygen; Phosphorus; Tertiary effluent; Treatment wetland; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NUTRITION; OXYGEN; POLISHING; SEWAGE; TURBIDITY;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (STP); WETLAND SYSTEMS;

WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAE; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 20544474546     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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