Performance of experimental horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands fed with dissolved or particulate organic matter

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 3603-3611

  Caselles Osorio, Aracelly ^a,b   García, Joan ^a  

^a Environmental Engineering Division   (Spain)

^b Atlantic University   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Glucose; Horizontal flow; Hydraulic retention time; Reed beds; Starch; Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GLUCOSE; HYDRAULICS; STARCH; WETLANDS;

HORIZONTAL FLOW; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; REED BEDS; SULFATE REDUCTION;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GLUCOSE; STARCH; SULFATE;

BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GLUCOSE; HYDRAULICS; STARCH; WETLANDS;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MONITORING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SULFATE; WATER DEPTH;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 33749525669     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.05.038     Document Type: Article

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