Reversing clogging in subsurface-flow constructed wetlands by hydrogen peroxide treatment: Two case studies

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2037-2046

  Nivala, Jaime ^a,b   Rousseau, Diederik P L ^c  

^a Jacques Whitford NAWE   (United States)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clogging; Dairy wastewater; HSSF wetland; Hydrogen peroxide (H 2O2); Operations and maintenance (O M); Sludge removal; VF wetland

Indexed keywords

CLOGGING; DAIRY WASTEWATER; HSSF WETLAND; OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE; SLUDGE REMOVAL;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MAINTENANCE; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER;

WETLANDS;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRAVEL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RATING SCALE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; ANGIOSPERM; BELGIUM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PILOT STUDY; SAFETY; SEWAGE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANGIOSPERMS; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MINNESOTA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SAFETY; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 67651219439     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.115     Document Type: Article

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