Surface wetlands for the treatment of pathogens in stormwater: Three case studies at Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1257-1263

  Mendez H ^a   Geary, P M ^a   Dunstan, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Faecal bacteria; Pathogens; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA REDUCTION; BACTERIAL REDUCTION; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FAECAL BACTERIA; FAECAL COLIFORMS; FAECAL CONTAMINATION; GROSS POLLUTANTS; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; MICROBIAL LOADS; ON FLOW; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; STORMWATER QUALITY; STORMWATERS; SURFACE WETLANDS; SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER SAMPLES; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

BACTERIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LAKES; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; STORM SEWERS; WATER POLLUTION;

WETLANDS;

STORM WATER; FRESH WATER; RAIN;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FECES; LAGOON; LAKE POLLUTION; PATHOGEN; RESIDENCE TIME; STORMWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEVICE; ECOSYSTEM; FECAL COLIFORM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PATHOGENESIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT; WEATHER; WETLAND; BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA; FRESH WATER; RAIN; WATER PURIFICATION; WEATHER; WETLANDS;

EID: 70350510306     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.470     Document Type: Article

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