Phosphorus removal in laboratory-scale unvegetated vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland systems using alum sludge as main substrate

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 483-489

  Babatunde, A O ^a   Zhao, Y Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alum sludge; Constructed wetlands; Phosphorus; Water treatment residual

Indexed keywords

ALUM SLUDGE; BATCH STUDIES; CONCENTRATION OF; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DAIRY FARMS; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTIC; INFILTRATIVE SURFACE; LABORATORY SCALE; P REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VERTICAL SUBSURFACE-FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; WATER TREATMENT RESIDUAL;

BYPRODUCTS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PHOSPHORUS; ROADS AND STREETS; SUBSTRATES; SULFATE MINERALS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; PHOSPHORUS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEWATERING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SLUDGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DAIRYING; DEWATERING; EFFLUENT; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; VERTICAL SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEM; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER FLOW;

ADSORPTION; ALUM COMPOUNDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 69749087858     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.384     Document Type: Article

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