Removal of organic matter and nitrogen in an horizontal subsurface flow (HSSF) constructed wetland under transient loads

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1677-1682

  Albuquerque, A ^a   Arendacz, M ^b   Gajewska, M ^b   Obarska Pempkowiak, H ^b   Randerson, P ^c   Kowalik, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Nitrogen removal; Organic matter removal; Transient loads

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; MASS LOAD; MASS REMOVAL RATE; MEASURED PARAMETERS; NON-POINT SOURCE; OPERATING CONDITION; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TRANSIENT LOAD;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ROADS AND STREETS; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; CARBON; WATER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSPENDED LOAD; TRANSIENT FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FLOW RATE; PORTUGAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; SEWAGE; SOIL; TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

BIOREACTORS; CARBON; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 73349111618     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.548     Document Type: Article

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