Constructed wetland clogging: A proposal for the integration and reuse of existing knowledge

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1710-1718

  Turon, Clàudia ^a   Comas, Joaquim ^a   Poch, Manel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clogging; Constructed wetlands; Horizontal subsurface constructed wetlands; Operation and maintenance

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; CLOGGING; COMMON PROBLEMS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; SMALL COMMUNITY;

MAINTENANCE;

WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; SANITATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 70449533086     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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