Hydraulic performance of a mature wetland treating milkhouse wastewater and agricultural runoff

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2455-2462

  Speer, S ^a   Champagne, P ^a   Crolla, A ^b   Kinsley, C ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free water surface constructed wetland; Hydraulic efficiency; Tracer

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; EFFICIENT METHOD; FLOW DYNAMICS; FREE WATER SURFACES; HYDRAULIC EFFICIENCY; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; ONTARIO; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; THEORETICAL DESIGN; TRACER STUDY; TREATMENT AREA; VEGETATION DENSITY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; TRACER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND; AGRICULTURE; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER FLOW;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AGRICULTURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 70149109841     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.332     Document Type: Article

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