Nitrate removal in surface-flow constructed wetlands treating dilute agricultural runoff in the lower Yakima Basin, Washington

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1538-1546

  Beutel, Marc W ^a   Newton, Crystal D ^b   Brouillard, Elaine S ^c   Watts, Richard J ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Roza Sunnyside Board of Joint Control   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Constructed treatment wetland; Denitrification; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

AREA-BASED; ARRHENIUS RELATIONSHIP; BIOLOGICAL DENITRIFICATION; CONSTRUCTED TREATMENT WETLAND; CONSTRUCTED TREATMENT WETLANDS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; FIRST-ORDER REMOVAL; HYDRAULIC LOADING; IRRIGATION RETURN FLOWS; KJELDAHL; LOW OXYGEN; N REMOVAL; NITRATE LOSS; NITRATE REMOVAL; NON-POINT SOURCE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; SEDIMENTATION BASIN; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SUMMER MONTHS; SURFACE-FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; SURFACE-FLOW WETLAND; TREATMENT WETLANDS; WARM TEMPERATURES; WASHINGTON; WATER QUALITY DATA; WATER TEMPERATURES;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; NITRATES; RATE CONSTANTS; REMOVAL; SEDIMENTATION; SETTLING TANKS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WETLANDS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; DILUTION; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SURFACE FLUX; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; YAKIMA BASIN;

EID: 69749100309     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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