Treatment of domestic wastewater in tropical, subsurface flow constructed wetlands planted with Canna and Heliconia

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-257

  Konnerup, Dennis ^a   Koottatep, Thammarat ^b   Brix, Hans ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Canna; Constructed wetland; Domestic wastewater; First order model; Heliconia; Ornamental plants; Removal rate coefficients; Tropical

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HYDRAULICS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RATE CONSTANTS; REMOVAL; ROADS AND STREETS; TROPICS; TURBINES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

CANNA; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; FIRST-ORDER MODEL; HELICONIA; ORNAMENTAL PLANTS; REMOVAL RATE COEFFICIENTS; TROPICAL;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; DOMESTIC WASTE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

HELICONIA; HELICONIA PSITTACORUM; HELICONIA SPATHOCIRCINATA;

EID: 59149103553     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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