Recovery and fractionation of phosphorus retained by lightweight expanded shale and masonry sand used as media in subsurface flow treatment wetlands

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4621-4627

  Forbes, Margaret G ^a,c   Dickson, Kenneth L ^a   Saleh, Farida ^a   Waller, William T ^a   Doyle, Robert D ^b   Hudak, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Texas Marine Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FRACTIONATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; ROCKS; SAND; SHALE; SUBSTRATES; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

FILTER MEDIA; FLOW TREATMENT; MASONARY SAND; SORPTION CAPACITY;

PHOSPHORUS;

PHOSPHATE;

WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON DIOXIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 20744454596     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048149o     Document Type: Article

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