Effectiveness of a full-scale constructed wetland for the removal of metals from domestic wastewater

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 210, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 473-481

  Arroyo, Paula ^a   Ansola, Gemma ^a   De Luis, Estanislao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Domestic wastewater; Metal; Removal efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEMS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; INLET CONCENTRATION; METAL REMOVAL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS; ZINC;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; BORON; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HEAVY METAL; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 77953610028     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0272-9     Document Type: Article

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