Modeling the hydraulic effect of transverse deep zones on the performance of short-circuiting constructed treatment wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 754-768

  Lightbody, Anne F ^a   Nepf, Heidi M ^a   Bays, James S ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Marsh; Mixing; Stream tube model; Treatment wetland; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED TREATMENT WETLANDS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTAMINANT REMOVALS; DEEP ZONES; DENSE VEGETATIONS; EXCHANGE FLUIDS; FLOW CONDITIONS; FLOW-PATHS; FLOW-THROUGH; HYDRAULIC EFFECTS; LATERAL MIXING; LONGITUDINAL DISPERSIONS; MARSH; MODEL RESULTS; RESIDENCE TIME; STREAM TUBE MODEL; TREATMENT WETLAND; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATIONS;

VEGETATION; WATER TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESIDENCE TIME;

EID: 64849107595     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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