The effect of a vertical flow filter bed on a hybrid constructed wetland system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 137-144

  Noorvee, A ^a   Poldvere E ^a   Mander, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aeration; Denitrification; Design; Hybrid constructed wetland; Nitrification; Oxygen supply

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PURIFICATION; WATER WELLS; WETLANDS;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS (CW); HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW (HSSF); VERTICAL FLOW SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL FILTER BEDS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER; WELL WATER;

AERATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CALCULATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT STANDARD; ESTONIA; FILTER; FLOW; HYBRID; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WINTER;

EID: 21844442347     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0305     Document Type: Article

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