Influence of sand layer depth and percolate impounding regime on nitrogen transformation in vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating faecal sludge

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2623-2630

  Panuvatvanich, Atitaya ^a   Koottatep, Thammarat ^a   Kone, Doulaye ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Faecal sludge treatment; Impounding regime; Nitrification; Vertical flow constructed wetlands

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; WETLANDS;

FAECAL SLUDGE; IMPOUNDING REGIME; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; SAND LAYER; SOLIDS LOADING; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; VOLATILISATION;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

NITROGEN;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; FECES; IMPOUNDMENT; NITROGEN; PERCOLATION; SAND; SLUDGE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SLUDGE TREATMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 65549107264     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.03.029     Document Type: Article

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