Performance evaluation of integrated constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 210, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 435-451

  Kayranli, Birol ^a   Scholz, Miklas ^a   Mustafa, Atif ^a   Hofmann, Oliver ^a,b   Harrington, Rory ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c National Parks and Wildlife Service Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ammonia nitrogen; Domestic wastewater; Groundwater; Integrated constructed wetland; Molybdate reactive phosphorus; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA NITROGEN; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; IRELAND; MOLYBDATE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; NITRATE NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WETLAND CELLS;

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA NITROGEN; MOLYBDATE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; NITRATE NITROGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GROUNDWATER; MOLYBDATE GROUP; NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

IRELAND;

EID: 77953622503     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0267-6     Document Type: Article

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