Nitrogen and bacterial removal in constructed wetlands treating domestic waste water

Desalination

Volumn 185, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 383-389

  Keffala, Chema ^a   Ghrabi, A ^a  

^a Institut National de Recherche Scientifique et Technique Tunis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Horizontal flow; Macrophyte; Nitrogen removal; Vertical flow

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COLIFORM BACTERIA; FLOW OF WATER; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WETLANDS;

BACTERIAL REMOVAL; HORIZONTAL FLOW; MACROPHYTE; VERTICAL FLOW;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; NITROGEN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHRAGMITES; TYPHA;

EID: 29144437703     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2005.04.045     Document Type: Article

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