Upgrading constructed wetlands phosphorus reduction from a dairy effluent using electric arc furnace steel slag filters

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 135-143

  Weber, David ^a   Drizo, A ^a   Twohig, E ^a   Bird, S ^a   Ross, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural effluent; Constructed wetlands (CW); Electric arc furnace slag (EAF); Phosphorus filter technology (PFT)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELECTRIC FURNACES; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); PHOSPHORUS; SLAGS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE STEEL SLAG; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

REDUCTION;

PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELECTRIC FURNACES; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); PHOSPHORUS; REDUCTION; SLAGS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; LAKE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; SLAG; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; EFFLUENT; FILTER DESIGN; SLAG; SOIL AMENDMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

DAIRYING; FILTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

LAKE CHAMPLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 34548202688     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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