Effect of operational and design parameters on removal efficiency of pilot-scale FWS constructed wetlands and comparison with HSF systems

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 862-875

  Kotti, Irini P ^a   Gikas, Georgios D ^a   Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A ^a  

^a School of Production and Management Engineering   (Greece)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Free water surface; Horizontal subsurface flow; HRT; Nitrogen; Organic matter; Phosphorus; Shape; Substrate material; Temperature; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW; ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL; WATER SURFACE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; ROADS AND STREETS; SUBSTRATES; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

SURFACES;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN METHOD; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GRASS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSTRATE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION TYPE; WASTEWATER;

ARUNDO DONAX; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA;

EID: 77953158094     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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