Chromium fate in constructed wetlands treating tannery wastewaters

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 617-625

  Dotro, Gabriela ^a,b   Palazolo, Paul ^a   Larsen, Daniel ^c  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Constructed wetlands; Partitioning; Tannery; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CHROMIUM; EFFLUENTS; POSITIVE IONS; REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PARTITIONING; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; TANNERY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CHROMIUM; FERRIC HYDROXIDE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; EFFLUENT; PARTITIONING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TANNIN; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LEATHER INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TANNING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 68549133231     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X370340     Document Type: Article

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