Landfill leachate treatment by an experimental subsurface flow constructed wetland in tropical climate countries

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 243-250

  Ujang, Zaini ^a   Soedjono, E ^b   Salim, M R ^a   Shutes, R B ^c  

^a Universiti Tteknologi Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Indonesia)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Emergent plants; Landfill leachate

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAVY METALS; LAND FILL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLID WASTES; WETLANDS;

EMERGENT PLANTS; ERIOCAULON SEXANGULARE; SCIRPUS GLOBULOSUS; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ZINC;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAVY METALS; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLID WASTES; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; LEACHATE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ERIOCAULACEAE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PLANT LEAF; REACTOR; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ERIOCAULACEAE; ERIOCAULON; SCIRPUS;

EID: 31844454361     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0473     Document Type: Article

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