Constructed wetlands for urban grey water recycling

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-109

  Frazer Williams, Ronnie ^a   Avery, Lisa ^a   Winward, Gideon ^a   Jeffrey, Paul ^a   Shirley Smith, Chris ^b   Liu, Shuming ^c   Memon, Fayyaz Ali ^c   Jefferson, Bruce ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Water Works UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Green roof water recycling system; Grey water; GROW; HFRB; Horizontal flow reed bed; Organic strength; Vertical flow reed bed; VFRB

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FRACTIONATION; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

GREEN ROOF WATER RECYCLING SYSTEM; GREY WATER; HORIZONTAL FLOW REED BED; HYDROPHILIC ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANIC STRENGTH; VERTICAL FLOW REED BED;

WETLANDS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FRACTIONATION; ORGANIC MATTER; RECYCLING; REEDBED; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; FRACTIONATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND;

EID: 44349153487     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2008.018470     Document Type: Article

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