Removal of nutrients from wastewater with Canna indica L. under different vertical-flow constructed wetland conditions

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1083-1088

  Cui, Lihua ^a   Ouyang, Ying ^b   Lou, Qian ^a   Yang, Fengle ^c   Chen, Ying ^a   Zhu, Wenling ^a   Luo, Shiming ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^c Yunnan Institute of Environmental Science   (China)

^d AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Hydraulic loading rate; Substrate; Wetland operational period

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM-N; CANNA INDICA; COMPLEX PROCESSES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; GUANGZHOU , CHINA; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH-CONTENT; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATE; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; NITRIFICATION/DENITRIFICATION; OPERATIONAL PERIODS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; SOUTH CHINA; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BLAST FURNACES; CALCIUM; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FURNACES; HYDRAULICS; LOADING; METAL REFINERIES; METALLURGICAL FURNACES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SLAGS; TURBINES; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

SUBSTRATES;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; FLOW PATTERN; MONOCOTYLEDON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSTRATE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

CANNA INDICA;

EID: 77953320986     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.04.026     Document Type: Article

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