Wastewater treatment at the Houghton Lake wetland: Hydrology and water quality

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1287-1311

  Kadlec, Robert H ^a  

^a Wetland Management Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Treatment wetlands; Water quality

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; AMMONIA NITROGEN; COVER TYPES; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FECAL COLIFORMS; FERTILIZER RESPONSE; IRRIGATION AREA; MICHIGAN; PEATLAND; REMOVAL CAPACITY; SOIL SORPTION; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TREATED WASTEWATER; TREATMENT WETLANDS; UPTAKE RATE; WASTEWATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; LAKES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SORPTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

WATER RECYCLING;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHLORIDE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISCHARGE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FECAL COLIFORM; HERB; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAGOON; OUTFLOW; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

HOUGHTON LAKE; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SALIX; TYPHA;

EID: 67650348292     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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