Comparison of measured and simulated distribution of microbial biomass in subsurface vertical flow constructed wetlands

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-240

  Langergraber, Guenter ^a   Tietz, A ^a   Haberi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

CW2D; Microbiai biomass; Numerical simulation; Vertical subsurface flow constructed wetlands; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; MULTICOMPONENT REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODULE; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 34548267640     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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