Urban pollutant removal by a constructed riparian wetland before typhoon damage and after reconstruction

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 424-435

  Fan, Chihhao ^a   Chang, Fang Chih ^b   Ko, Chun Han ^c   Sheu, Yiong Shing ^d   Teng, Chia Ji ^e   Chang, Tzi Chin ^d  

^a MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Environmental Protection Administration Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^e Bureau of Environmental Protection   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Domestic wastewater; Free water surface wetlands; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA NITROGENS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; EXTREME WEATHERS; FREE-WATER-SURFACE WETLANDS; POLLUTANT REMOVALS; POTENTIAL THREATS; RIPARIAN WETLANDS; RIVER BASINS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCES; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TYPHOON;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; FLOOD DAMAGE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); RESTORATION; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DAMAGE; DOMESTIC WASTE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECONSTRUCTION; TYPHOON; URBAN POLLUTION; WEATHER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; TANSHUI RIVER;

EID: 61449246386     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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