Effect of loading rate on performance of constructed wetlands treating an anaerobic supernatant

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 23-29

  Chazarenc, Florent ^a,b   Maltais Landry, G ^a   Troesch, S ^a   Comeau, Y ^b   Brisson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic storage tank supernatant degradation; Horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands; Organic loading rates; Phragmites australis; Typha angustifolia

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WETLANDS;

ANAEROBIC STORAGE TANK SUPERNATANT DEGRADATION; FISH FARM EFFLUENT; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WETLANDS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; MESOCOSM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW RATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SUMMER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WINTER;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; FISHES; KINETICS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; SEASONS; TYPHACEAE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WETLANDS;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 34548203158     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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