Dynamics of arsenic species in laboratory-scale horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands treating an artificial wastewater

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 603-611

  Rahman, K Z ^a,b   Wiessner, A ^a   Kuschk, Peter ^a   Mattusch, Juergen ^a   Kastner M ^a   Muller R A ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Inst Siedlungs Wasser /Abfallwirts Arbeitsbereich Wassergutewirtschaft/Wasserversorgung (ISWA)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic removal; Artificial wastewater; Biotransformation; Laboratory scale constructed wetlands

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC REMOVAL; ARSENIC SPECIES; ARTIFICIAL WASTEWATER; AS SPECIES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CO PRECIPITATIONS; HELOPHYTES; LABORATORY-SCALE CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; LOADING CONDITIONS; OPERATION PERIODS; RE OXIDATIONS; REDOX CONDITIONS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVALS; SUBSURFACE FLOWS; SULFATE REDUCTIONS; SULFATE-REDUCING CONDITIONS; TREATMENT WETLANDS; WETLAND PLANTS; WETLAND SYSTEMS;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DYNAMICS; FIRE HAZARDS; LABORATORIES; NONMETALS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGENATION; REMOVAL; SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY METHOD; REDOX CONDITIONS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 60849103493     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200800087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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