Hydrodynamics of vertical subsurface flow constructed wetlands: Tracer tests with rhodamine WT and numerical modelling

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-273

  Giraldi, David ^a   de'Michieli Vitturi, Mattia ^b   Zaramella, Mattia ^c   Marion, Andrea ^c   Iannelli, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Dispersivity; Hydrodynamics; Modelling; Rhodamine WT; Tracer tests; Unsaturated flow; Vertical flow

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; EFFLUENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS; PILOT PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; ROADS AND STREETS; TESTING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONTENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DISPERSIVITY; MODELLING; RHODAMINE WT; TRACER TESTS; UNSATURATED FLOW; VERTICAL FLOW;

WETLANDS;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISPERSIVITY; DYE; DYE TRACER; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATURATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 59149103112     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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