Use of wetlands as post-treatment of anaerobically treated effluent

Desalination

Volumn 245, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 50-59

  El Khateeb, M A ^a   Al Herrawy, A Z ^a   Kamel, M M ^a   El Gohary, F A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Constructed wetlands; Pathogen removal; Reuse

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC TREATMENT; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL STREPTOCOCCI; FINAL EFFLUENTS; FREE WATER SURFACES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MACROPHYTE; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; P.AERUGINOSA; PATHOGEN REMOVAL; PLANTING DENSITY; POST TREATMENT; RESIDUAL LEVELS; REUSE; TREATED EFFLUENT; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKETS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; FECAL COLIFORM; MACROPHYTE; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TYPHA;

EID: 67651027836     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.01.071     Document Type: Article

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