Removal of nitrogen in constructed wetlands with horizontal sub-surface flow: A review

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1114-1124

  Vymazal, Jan ^a,b   Kröpfelová, Lenka ^a  

^a ENKI ops   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Denitrification; Landfill leachate; Municipal sewage; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MACROPHYTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 72449140036     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-216.1     Document Type: Review

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