Treatment of chlorobenzene-contaminated groundwater in a pilot-scale constructed wetland

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-53

  Braeckevelt, Mareike ^a   Mirschel, Gabriele ^a   Wiessner, Arndt ^a   Rueckert, Michael ^a   Reiche, Nils ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^a   Schultz, Andrea ^a   Paschke, Heidrun ^a   Kuschk, Peter ^a   Kaestner, Matthias ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Dichlorobenzene; Groundwater remediation; Monochlorobenzene; Phragmites australis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DICHLOROBENZENE; GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION; MONOCHLOROBENZENE; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

WATER TREATMENT;

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CHLOROBENZENE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEGRADATION; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; REMEDIATION;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 43049131785     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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