Leachability and leaching patterns from aluminium-based water treatment residual used as media in laboratory-scale engineered wetlands

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1314-1322

  Babatunde, A O ^a   Zhao, Y Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Engineered wetlands; Leaching; Metals; Phosphorus; Reuse; Water treatment residual

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; METAL; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BIOFILM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; IRON; LANDFILL; LEACHING; LEAD; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMEDIATION; RESIDUAL FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BIOENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS; PHOSPHORUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 77954427682     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0311-5     Document Type: Article

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