Treatment of domestic wastewater and production of commercial flowers in vertical and horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 861-869

  Zurita, F ^a   De Anda, J ^b   Belmont, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ASISTENCIA EN TECNOLOGÍA Y DISEÑO DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO   (Mexico)

^c Toronto Public Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Developing countries; Horizontal flow; Ornamental plants; Subsurface flow; Treatment wetlands; Vertical flow

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HORIZONTAL FLOW; ORNAMENTAL PLANTS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TREATMENT WETLANDS; VERTICAL FLOW;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REMOVAL; ROADS AND STREETS; STORM SEWERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WETLANDS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEVELOPING WORLD; FLOWER; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

AGAPANTHUS; AGAPANTHUS AFRICANUS; STRELITZIA REGINAE; ZANTEDESCHIA; ZANTEDESCHIA AETHIOPICA;

EID: 64849094029     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.026     Document Type: Article

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