Iron and manganese removal in wetland treatment systems: Rates, processes and implications for management

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 394, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Lesley, Batty ^a   Daniel, Hooley ^a   Paul, Younger ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iron; Manganese; Microbial activity; Mine drainage; Oxidation; Plants; Removal rates; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; IRON HYDROXIDE PRECIPITATES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MINE DRAINAGE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS; PLANTS; REMOVAL RATE; WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

GROUNDWATER; MANGANESE; OXIDATION; SEWAGE LAGOONS; WETLANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; IRON; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOVAL;

IRON; WETLANDS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; IRON; MANGANESE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISCHARGE; IRON; MANGANESE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINE DRAINAGE; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40249084011     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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