Effectiveness of differently designed small-scale constructed wetlands to decrease the acidity of acid mine drainage under field conditions

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 394-398

  Kuschk, Peter ^a   Wiessner, A ^a   Buddhawong, S ^a,b   Stottmeister, U ^a   Kastner M ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ACIDS; DRAINAGE; PH; WETLANDS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGES (AMD); CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; FIELD CONDITION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

RAIN;

ACIDITY; ACIDS; DRAINAGE; PH; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; PH; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; PH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 33748942119     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200620143     Document Type: Article

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