Effects of type of flow, plants and addition of organic carbon in the removal of zinc and chromium in small-scale model wetlands

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-205

  Paredes, D ^a   Velez M E ^b   Kuschk, Peter ^c   Mueller, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^b CARDER   (Colombia)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromium removal; Constructed wetlands; Metal removal; Phytoremediation; Typha latifolia; Zinc removal

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE FLOW;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHROMIUM; ORGANIC CARBON; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CHROMIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WETLAND;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CHROMIUM; KINETICS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS; ZINC;

TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 34548286897     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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