Treatment of landfill leachate using an aerated, horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 380, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 19-27

  Nivala, J ^a   Hoos, M B ^c   Cross, C ^a   Wallace, S ^a   Parkin, G ^b  

^a North American Wetland Engineering   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration; Ammonia; Clogging; Cold climate; Constructed wetland; Horizontal subsurface flow (HSSF); Iron; Landfill leachate; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; OXYGEN;

CLOGGING; COLD CLIMATE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW (HSSF);

WETLANDS;

AERATION; AMMONIA; CLIMATE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; IRON; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

AERATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLD CLIMATE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WINTER;

AMMONIA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; IOWA; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 34249335718     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.12.030     Document Type: Article

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