Treatment of mild domestic wastewater using subsurface constructed wetlands in Malaysia

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-102

  Katayon, S ^a   Fiona, Z ^a   Noor, M J Megat Mohd ^a   Halim, G Abdul ^a   Ahmad, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Domestic wastewater; Hydraulic retention time; Malaysia; Subsurface flow

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRAULICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOVAL; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MALAYSIA; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LEPIRONIA ARTICULATA;

EID: 39549089991     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207230601125192     Document Type: Article

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