Feasibility of using constructed treatment wetlands for municipal wastewater treatment in the Bogotá Savannah, Colombia

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1070-1078

  Arias, Mauricio E ^a   Brown, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate technology; Developing countries; Emergy; Municipal wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL COST; APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; COLOMBIA; CONSTRUCTED TREATMENT WETLANDS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; COST ANALYSIS; COST RATIO; EMERGY; EMERGY EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADINGS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT; LIFETIME COSTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; NON-RENEWABLE; PER CAPITA; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; THREE SYSTEMS; TREATMENT WETLANDS; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; WATERBODIES;

BATCH REACTORS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LAKES; STABILIZATION; STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMERGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SAVANNA; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

BOGOTA; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 65749100395     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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