Feasibility of using ornamental plants (Zantedeschia aethiopica) in subsurface flow treatment wetlands to remove nitrogen, chemical oxygen demand and nonylphenol ethoxylate surfactants - A laboratory-scale study

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 233-247

  Belmont, Marco A ^a,b   Metcalfe, Chris D ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Non ionic surfactants; Nonylphenol; Nonylphenol ethoxylates; Ornamental plants; Subsurface flow wetlands; Treatment wetlands; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

ORNAMENTAL PLANTS; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ECOLOGY;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

CALLA; GADUS MORHUA; LILIUM; ZANTEDESCHIA AETHIOPICA;

EID: 2342453342     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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