Heavy metals in a constructed wetland treating industrial wastewater: Distribution in the sediment and rhizome tissue

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1425-1432

  Domingos, Sergio ^a   Dallas, Stewart ^a   Germain, Mark ^b   Ho, Goen ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Wesfarmers CSBP Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Heavy metals; Rhizome; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABLE FRACTION; BIOAVAILABLE METALS; CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; COPPER AND ZINC; FERTILISERS; HORIZONTAL PROFILE; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; INLET PIPE; ORGANIC MATTER; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SATURATED SURFACES; SCHOENOPLECTUS VALIDUS; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SURFACE COMPONENTS; SURFACE LAYERS; TOXIC LEVELS; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; WATER SAMPLES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; LOCATION; METALS; PIPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS; ZINC;

COPPER;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RHIZOME; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE LAYER; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RHIZOME; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; RHIZOME; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WETLANDS; ZINC;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77953168139     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.472     Document Type: Article

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