Municipal wastewater treatment in an anaerobic digester-constructed wetland system

Environmental Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1249-1256

  Ruiz, I ^a   Alvarez J A ^a   Diaz M A ^a   Serrano, L ^a   Soto, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Constructed wetlands; Municipal wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; OXYGEN; PILOT PLANTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

WETLANDS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; HYDROLYSIS; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; HYDROLYSIS; SPAIN; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 52949106479     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330802296173     Document Type: Article

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