Integrated constructed wetland systems: Design, operation, and performance of low-cost decentralized wastewater treatment systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 155-161

  Behrends, L L ^a   Bailey, E ^a   Jansen, P ^a   Houke, L ^a   Smith, S ^a  

^a Tennessee Valley Authority Environmental Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Decentralized wastewater treatment; Denitrification; Nitrification; Reciprocating wetland

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DECENTRALIZED WASTEWATER TREATMENT; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INTEGRATED WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEM;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; DESIGN METHOD; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NITRIFICATION; PISCICULTURE; PROCESS DESIGN; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POACEAE; SEWAGE; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 34248573611     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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