Practical method based on saturated hydraulic conductivity used to assess clogging in subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1216-1224

  Pedescoll, A ^a   Uggetti, E ^a   Llorens, E ^a   Granes F ^b   Garcia D ^b   Garcia J ^a  

^a Hydraulics   (Spain)

^b Companyia d'Aigües de Catalunya SA ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffractogram; Operation and maintenance; Reed beds; Sanitation; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATED SLUDGE; CATALONIA , SPAIN; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; DIFFRACTOGRAM; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MINERAL COMPOSITION; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; PLANT BIOMASS; PRACTICAL METHOD; REED BEDS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SIMPLE METHOD; SOLIDS ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; TOTAL SOLIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOMASS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAINTENANCE; MINERALS; MINING; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; ROADS AND STREETS; SILICATE MINERALS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ACCUMULATION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SANITATION; SATURATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LERIDA [CATALONIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67649407283     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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