Hydraulic performance of horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands for different strategies of filling the filter medium into the filter basin

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-55

  Suliman, F ^a   Futsaether, C ^a   Oxaal, U ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Filling strategies; Horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland; Hydraulic efficiency; Medium heterogeneity; Tracers

Indexed keywords

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WETLANDS;

FILLING STRATEGIES; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; PACKING PATTERNS;

WATER TREATMENT;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BASIN; BASIN FILL; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; RETENTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EID: 33845650130     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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