Performance comparison of constructed wetlands with gravel- and rice husk-based media for phenol and nitrogen removal

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3563-3571

  Tee, H C ^a   Seng, C E ^a   Noor, A Md ^a   Lim, P E ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Nitrogen; Phenol; Removal efficiency; Rice husk

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC ZONES; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMESTIC WASTEWATERS; FASTER RATES; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LABORATORY-SCALE; PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS; PHENOL BIODEGRADATIONS; PHENOL CONCENTRATIONS; PHENOL DEGRADATIONS; PHENOL REMOVALS; RAW RICE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; RICE HUSK; ROOT ZONES; SUBSURFACE FLOWS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; WETLAND PLANTS;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DEGRADATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAVEL; MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHENOLS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CROP RESIDUE; GRAVEL; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOL; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RICE; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; NITROGEN; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOL; RHIZOME; TYPHACEAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

TYPHA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 62749183394     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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