Treatment performance variation at different depths within vertical subsurface-flow experimental wetlands fed with simulated domestic sewage

Desalination

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 367-377

  Prochaska, C A ^a   Zouboulis, A I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Influence of depth effect; Simulated domestic sewage; Statistical evaluation of results; Vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EXPERIMENTS; OXYGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BATCH MODES; FEEDING FREQUENCIES; HYDRAULIC LOADS; INFLUENCE OF DEPTH EFFECT; P REMOVALS; POLLUTANT REMOVALS; SIMULATED DOMESTIC SEWAGE; STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF RESULTS; TOTAL NITROGENS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCES; VERTICAL SUBSURFACE-FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND;

WETLANDS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 58149203199     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.01.028     Document Type: Article

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