Performances of a constructed wetland treating domestic wastewaters during a macrophytes life cycle

Desalination

Volumn 246, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 452-467

  Kouki, Soulwène ^a   M'hiri, Fadhel ^b   Saidi, Neila ^a   Belaïd, Samir ^b   Hassen, Abdennaceur ^a  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b Centre International des Technologies de l'Environnement de Tunis CITET   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Constructed wetland; Macrophytes; Nutrients; Wastewaters; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL REDUCTION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; FAECAL BACTERIA; FAECAL COLIFORMS; FAECAL STREPTOCOCCI; HORIZONTAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LOGARITHMIC UNITS; MACROPHYTES; PRIMARY TREATMENT; QUALITY CRITERIA; REMOVAL RATE; RESIDUAL LOAD; SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREATED WASTEWATER; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

WATER RECYCLING;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FECAL COLIFORM; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIFE CYCLE; MACROPHYTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RETENTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 68549125239     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.03.067     Document Type: Article

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