The use of vertical flow constructed wetlands for on-site treatment of domestic wastewater: New Danish guidelines

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 491-500

  Brix, Hans ^a   Arias, Carlos A ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airlift pump; BOD; Constructed wetland; Guidelines; Nitrification; Nitrogen; On site treatment; Phosphorus; Phragmites; Planted filter bed; Recirculation; Vertical flow

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIRLIFT PUMPS; GUIDELINES; PHRAGMITES; VERTICAL FLOW;

WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 28644449677     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.07.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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