Full-scale treatment wetlands for metal removal from industrial wastewater

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1 PART 1, 2008, Pages 39-48

  Nelson, Eric A ^a   Gladden, John B ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOVAL; RUNOFF; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

COMPLIANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN METHOD; DISCHARGE; EXTRACTION METHOD; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

BIOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEMS; COPPER CONCENTRATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS; FLOW PATH; FULL-SCALE SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LEAD REMOVAL; METAL REMOVAL; NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEMS; PERMIT LIMIT; ROUTINE MONITORING; RUNOFF WATER; SAVANNAH RIVER; SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORIES; SAVANNAH RIVER SITES; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SOURCE REDUCTION; STORM RUNOFF; STORM WATER RUNOFF; SURFACE-FLOW WETLAND; TOXICITY TEST; TREATMENT WETLANDS; WASHINGTON; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WATER COLUMNS; WETLAND SEDIMENTS; WETLAND SYSTEMS; WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEM; ZINC REMOVAL;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 51049105689     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg.09200707005     Document Type: Article

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