Municipal wastewater treatment with vertical flow constructed wetlands for irrigation reuse

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 643-653

  Morari, Francesco ^a   Giardini, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Irrigation; Reuse; Vertical flow constructed wetland; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMANDS; DEPURATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION LOSS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; MACROPHYTE; MACROPHYTES; MASS REMOVALS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OUTFLOW WATERS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PILOT-SCALE; PLANT ORGANS; PRE CLEANINGS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL PROCESS; REUSE; SURFACE LAYERS; TOTAL NITROGENS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATMENT EFFECTS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; WATER REUSE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CALCIUM; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DEWATERING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; REMOVAL; SALVAGING; SODIUM; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERB; IRRIGATION; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN; OUTFLOW; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 64649096352     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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