Performance of a pilot-scale, three-stage constructed wetland system for domestic wastewater treatment

Environmental Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1187-1194

  Tuncsiper, Bilal ^a   Ayaz, Selma ^b   Akca, Lütfi ^c   Gunes, Kemal ^b  

^a Ni breve de University   (Turkey)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland system; Multistage constructed wetland system; Natural wastewater treatment; Vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland system

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENTS; LOADING; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; REMOVAL; ROADS AND STREETS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEM; MULTISTAGE CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEM; NATURAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; VERTICAL SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEM;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRAINAGE; GRASS; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 70349684498     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330903144066     Document Type: Article

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