A comparative study of surface and subsurface flow constructed wetlands for treatment of combined sewer overflows: A greenhouse experiment

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-183

  Van de Moortel, Annelies M K ^a   Rousseau, Diederik P L ^b   Tack, Filip M G ^a   De Pauw, Niels ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium; First order removal; Fractionation; k C* model; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Phragmites; Stormwater; Treatment wetlands; Waste water treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMBINED SEWERS; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RATE CONSTANTS; REMOVAL; ROADS AND STREETS; SEWAGE; SEWERS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

AMMONIUM; FIRST-ORDER REMOVAL; FRACTIONATION; PHRAGMITES; STORMWATER; TREATMENT WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTIONATION; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STORMWATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 59149089316     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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