Assessment of a natural wetland for use in wastewater remediation

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 113-131

  Jeng, Hueiwang ^a   Hong, Yu Jue ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nutrient; Secondary wastewater effluent; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; EFFLUENTS; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

NATURAL WETLAND; NUTRIENT; SECONDARY WASTEWATER EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER REMEDIATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRESH WATER; METAL; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; TRACE METAL;

WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES MICROFLORA; MARSH; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PH; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; WOOD;

ASTERACEAE; CHLORIDES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IVA FRUTESCENS;

EID: 29444433070     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-8217-2     Document Type: Article

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