A recirculating vertical flow constructed wetland for the treatment of domestic wastewater

Desalination

Volumn 246, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 617-624

  Sklarz, M Y ^a   Gross, A ^a   Yakirevich, A ^a   Soares, M I M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Domestic wastewater; Vertical flow constructed wetland; Wastewater treatment; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; E. COLI; EFFLUENT QUALITY; HIGH QUALITY; KINETIC ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL MODES; ORGANIC LOAD; PLANT COMPONENTS; RE-CIRCULATION FLOW; SMALL-SCALE SYSTEMS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATED EFFLUENT; TREATMENT TIME; URBAN LANDSCAPE; UV IRRADIATION; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; WATER REUSE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRIGATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OXYGEN; SALVAGING; SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68349158696     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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