How artificial aeration improved sewage treatment of an integrated vertical-flow constructed wetland

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-191

  Tao, Min ^a,b   He, Feng ^a   Xu, Dong ^a   Li, Ming ^a,b   Wu, Zhenbin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial aeration; Domestic sewage; Integrated vertical flow constructed wetland (IVCW); Purification effects; Redox potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952557574     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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