Performance of laboratory-scale wetlands planted with tropical ornamental plants to treat domestic wastewater

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 410-417

  Zurita, Florentina ^a   de Anda, Jose ^b   Belmont, Marco A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DERMATOLÓGICO DE JALISCO DR JOSÉ BARBA RUBIO   (Mexico)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Lake Chapala; Municipal wastewater; Ornamental plants; Subsurfaces wetlands; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CROPS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ORNAMENTAL PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CROPS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHROMIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FECAL COLIFORM; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 38949214076     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2006.044     Document Type: Article

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