Accumulation of metals in the sediment and reed biomass of a combined constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 183, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 253-264

  Lesage, E ^a   Rousseau, D P L ^b   Meers, E ^a   Van De Moortel, A M K ^a   Du Laing, G ^a   Tack, F M G ^a   De Pauw, N ^a   Verloo, M G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Horizontal subsurface flow; Manganese; Phragmites australis; Sewage treatment; Vertical subsurface flow

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; MANGANESE; REDOX REACTIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW (HSSF); PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; VERTICAL SUBSURFACE FLOW (VSSF);

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; MANGANESE; REDOX REACTIONS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACCUMULATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; GRASS; HEAVY METAL; MANGANESE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REDOX CONDITIONS; REEDBED; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXICITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DOMESTIC WASTE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 34249809762     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9374-4     Document Type: Article

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