Metal removal from water discharges by a constructed treatment wetland

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-30

  Nelson, Eric A ^a   Specht, W L ^a   Knox, A S ^a  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COPPER; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF WATER; MERCURY (METAL); VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

WATER RETENTION SYSTEM; WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEM;

WATER TREATMENT;

COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COPPER; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF WATER; MERCURY (METAL); VEGETATION; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COST CONTROL; DENITRIFICATION; GRAVITY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; METAL RECOVERY; PH; PROCESS MONITORING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL PROPERTY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 33645461839     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200620112     Document Type: Article

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