Impact of design and operation variables on the performance of vertical-flow constructed wetlands and intermittent sand filters treating pond effluent

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1851-1858

  Torrens, Antonina ^a   Molle, Pascal ^b   Boutin, Catherine ^b   Salgot, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Clogging; Constructed wetlands; Design; Hydraulics; Sand filters; Stabilization ponds

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; EFFLUENTS; LAKES; PILOT PLANTS; SAND; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STABILIZATION; STABILIZATION PONDS; WETLANDS;

CLOGGING; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; DESIGN VARIABLES; OPERATION VARIABLES; PERFORMANCE; POND EFFLUENTS; SAND FILTER; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS;

ALGAE;

ORGANIC MATTER;

ALGA; COMPOSITE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN; FILTER; INFILTRATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POND; SAND; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STABILIZATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EFFLUENT; FILTER DESIGN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 63649093852     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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