The effect of pre-aeration on the purification processes in the long-term performance of a horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 380, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 229-236

  Noorvee, Alar ^a   Põldvere, Elar ^a   Mander, Ülo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aeration; Constructed wetland; Denitrification; Horizontal flow; Nitrification; Vertical flow

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NITRIFICATION; PURIFICATION; SEWAGE AERATION;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HORIZONTAL FLOW; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW (HSSF); VERTICAL FLOW; VERTICAL SUBSURFACE FLOW (VSSF);

WETLANDS;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WELL WATER;

AERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; REMEDIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FILTER; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

AEROBIOSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249042291     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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