Performance of pilot-scale vertical flow constructed wetlands treating simulated municipal wastewater: effect of various design parameters

Desalination

Volumn 248, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 753-770

  Stefanakis, Alexandros I ^a   Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A ^a  

^a School of Production and Management Engineering   (Greece)

Author keywords

Constructed Wetlands; Pilot scale units; Vertical flow; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA NITROGEN; CARBONATE MATERIALS; COMMON REED; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OPERATION SCHEMES; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL; PILOT SCALE; PILOT-SCALE UNITS; POROUS MEDIA; RETENTION RATE; RIVER BED; VEGETATION TYPE; VERTICAL FLOW; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BUILDING MATERIALS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POROUS MATERIALS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS; ZEOLITES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; ORGANIC MATTER; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHATE; POROUS MEDIUM; RETENTION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 70349490402     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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