Treatment performances of compost-based and gravel-based vertical flow wetlands operated identically for refinery wastewater treatment in Pakistan

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-42

  Aslam, Muhammad Masud ^a   Malik, Murtaza ^b   Baig, M A ^a   Qazi, I A ^a   Iqbal, Javed ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c Pakistan Environ Protection Agency   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

COD removal; Compost; Gravel; Refinery wastewater treatment; Vertical flow constructed wetland

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOSTING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WETLANDS;

COD REMOVAL; REFINERY WASTEWATER TREATMENT; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOSTING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BIOFILM; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOST; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GRAVEL; HEAVY METAL; OIL INDUSTRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REEDBED; REFINING INDUSTRY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

COMPOSTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

PHRAGMITES KARKA;

EID: 33947272974     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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