Effect of key design parameters on the efficiency of horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-418

  García, Joan ^a   Aguirre, Paula ^a   Barragán, Jesús ^a   Mujeriego, Rafael ^a   Matamoros, Victor ^b   Bayona, Josep M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Constructed wetlands; Hydraulic loading rate; Medium size; Subsurface flow; Urban wastewater; Water depth

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ASPECT RATIO; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDRAULICS; IMPURITIES; WATER LEVELS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATE; MEDIUM SIZE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; URBAN WASTEWATER; WATER DEPTH;

WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GRANULAR MEDIUM; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER;

EID: 22344450818     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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