Effect of physico-chemical pretreatment on the removal efficiency of horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-63

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

^a Hydraulics   (Spain)

^b Atlantic University   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Batch feeding; Clogging; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydraulic retention time; Pretreatment; Urban wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SULFATE MINERALS; WASTEWATER;

BATCH FEEDING; CHEMICAL PRETREATMENT; CLOGGING; URBAN WASTEWATER;

WETLANDS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; SULFATE;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; CYPERACEAE; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 33846472545     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.06.022     Document Type: Article

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