Biofiltration of secondary treated municipal wastewater in a tropical city

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-15

  Upadhyay, Alka R ^a   Mishra, Virendra K ^a   Pandey, Sudhir K ^a   Tripathi, B D ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Biofiltration; Heavy metals; Municipal wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILTRATION; BIOREMEDIATION; HEAVY METAL; HYPERACCUMULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MACROPHYTE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WASTEWATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

AZOLLA PINNATA; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; LEMNA MINOR; PISTIA STRATIOTES; SPIRODELA POLYRRHIZA;

EID: 33947253168     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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