The influence of temperature on nutrient treatment efficiency in stormwater biofilter systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 83-91

  Blecken, Godecke T ^a   Zinger, Yaron ^c   Muthanna, Tone M ^b   Deletic, Ana ^c   Fletcher, Tim D ^c   Viklander, M ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Cold climate; Nutrients; Stormwater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; DENITRIFICATION; LEACHING; NUTRIENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PARTICLE-BOUND POLLUTANTS; STORMWATER;

WATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STORM WATER;

BIOFILTERS; DENITRIFICATION; LEACHING; NUTRIENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM; BIOFILTRATION; DENITRIFICATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LEACHING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STORMWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; LEACHING; PROCESS CONTROL; REDUCTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CAREX PLANT; FILTRATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 38449095502     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.749     Document Type: Article

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