Performance of a vertical flow constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater for a small community in rural Tunisia

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 12, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 262-269

  Sellami, Haykel ^a   Benabdallah, Sihem ^a   Charef, Abdelkrim ^a  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Rest period; Treatment efficiency; Vertical flow constructed wetland; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77954396712     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.951     Document Type: Article

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