Effectiveness of various small-scale constructed wetland designs for the removal of iron and zinc from acid mine drainage under field conditions

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 584-592

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

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Contaminated water; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; IRON; REMOVAL; WETLANDS; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS; SMALL-SCALE SUBSURFACE FLOW (SSF);

DRAINAGE;

BUFFER; IRON; METAL; RAIN; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

BIOREMEDIATION; DRAINAGE; IRON; REMOVAL; WETLANDS; ZINC;

ACCUMULATION; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; IRON; OUTFLOW; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RAINFALL; REMEDIATION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPONICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 33845746856     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200620161     Document Type: Article

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