Rates of nitrate and perchlorate removal in a 5-year-old wood particle reactor treating agricultural drainage

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Robertson, W D ^a   Ptacek, C J ^a,b   Brown, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE; CORE LAYERS; HIGH REMOVAL RATES; HIGHWAY SAFETY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; INLET PIPE; MONITORING PERIODS; NITRATE REMOVAL; ONTARIO; PERCHLORATE REMOVAL; REMOVAL RATE; TILE DRAINAGE; WOOD PARTICLES;

CULTIVATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HYDRAULICS; PIPE;

REACTION RATES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION RATE;

EID: 65849350326     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2009.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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