Removal of bacterial and viral indicator in vertical flow constructed wetlands and intermittent sand filters

Desalination

Volumn 246, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 169-178

  Torrens, Antonina ^a   Molle, Pascal ^b   Boutin, Catherine ^b   Salgot, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

E. coli; Faecal coliforms; Hydraulic retention time; Phages; Sand filters; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

E. COLI; FAECAL COLIFORMS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; PHAGES; SAND FILTERS;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIOPHAGES; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRAULICS; SAND; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISINFECTION; WASTE TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 68549112884     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.03.050     Document Type: Article

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