A statistical analysis on the removal of organic matter in subsurface flow constructed wetlands in the UK

Environmental Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1139-1144

  Sun, G ^a   Cooper, D ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARM LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochemical oxygen demand; Design; Horizontal flow; Reed bed; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DESIGN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RATE CONSTANTS; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; ORGANIC LOADINGS; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL; REED BED; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; SURFACE AREA; VERTICAL FLOW WETLANDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN; EQUATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; REEDBED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE AREA; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; KINETICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50649094917     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330802217765     Document Type: Article

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