Evaluation of the effectiveness of horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands for different media

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 820-825

  Albuquerque, Antonio ^a   Oliveira, José ^b   Semitela, Sabrina ^a   Amaral, Leonor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b Municipality of Penamacor ^*  (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Media bed; Pollutants removal rates

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; FILTRALITE; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; MESOCOSMS; NITRATE LOADS; NITROGEN LOADING; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANTS REMOVAL; REMOVAL RATE; SOLID MATTER; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

AMMONIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GRAVEL; NITRATES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

NITROGEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MESOCOSM; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

NITROGEN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 77953726962     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60183-2     Document Type: Article

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