Water quality performance of treatment wetlands in the Imperial Valley, California

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1093-1107

  Kadlec, Robert H ^a   Roy, Sujoy B ^b   Munson, Ronald K ^b   Charlton, Stephen ^c   Brownlie, William ^b  

^a Wetland Management Services   (United States)

^b TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^c Imperial Irrigation District   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Nitrogen; Pathogens; Phosphorus; Treatment wetlands; TSS

Indexed keywords

ALGAL UPTAKE; CALIFORNIA; CONCENTRATION REDUCTION; FECAL COLIFORMS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HYDRAULIC EFFICIENCY; REMOVAL RATE CONSTANT; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF WATER; SCHOENOPLECTUS CALIFORNICUS; SEDIMENTATION BASIN; TOTAL COLIFORMS; TREATMENT WETLANDS; WATER QUALITY PERFORMANCE; WETLAND CELLS;

ASPECT RATIO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLOGY; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RATE CONSTANTS; SETTLING TANKS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

ALGA; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; FECAL COLIFORM; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PATHOTYPE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; SEDGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SCHOENOPLECTUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 77953127346     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.04.028     Document Type: Article

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