Use of created wetlands to improve water quality in the Midwest-Lake Bloomington case study

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 258-270

  Kovacic, David A ^a   Twait, Richard M ^b   Wallace, Michael P ^a   Bowling, Juliane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Bloomington Water Treatment Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff wetlands; Created wetlands; Nitrate; Phosphorus; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF WETLANDS; CREATED WETLANDS; TILE DRAINAGE;

WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINATION; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; DRINKING WATER; FOREST SOIL; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIR; SURFACE WATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; ILLINOIS; LAKE BLOOMINGTON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845304356     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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