Effectiveness of compost biofilters in removal of sediments from construction site runoff

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-80

  Taleban, Vahid ^a   Finney, Karen ^a   Gharabaghi, Bahram ^a   McBean, Ed ^a   Rudra, Ramesh ^a   van Seters, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Toronto and Region Conservation Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Compost; Construction sites; Stormwater; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; EFFICIENCY; RUNOFF; SILT; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

COMPOST BIOFILTERS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SEDIMENT PARTICLES; STORM WATER RUNOFF; STORMWATERS; TREATMENT;

COMPOSTING;

BIOFILTRATION; COMPOST; PARTICLE SIZE; RUNOFF; SILT; SITE PREPARATION; STORMWATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77951598502     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2009.008     Document Type: Article

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