Generating "tide" in pilot-scale constructed wetlands to enhance agricultural wastewater treatment

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 560-565

  Sun, Guangzhi John ^a   Zhao, Y ^b   Allen, S ^c   Cooper, D ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d ARM LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Phytoremediation; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; RATE CONSTANTS; REMOVAL; TIDES; WETLANDS;

PHYTOREMEDIATION; PILOT-SCALE SYSTEM; TIDAL FLOW;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; RATE CONSTANTS; REMOVAL; TIDES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PIG FARMING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33845786611     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200620156     Document Type: Article

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