Using a constructed wetland for non-point source pollution control and river water quality purification: A case study in Taiwan

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2549-2555

  Wu, C Y ^a   Kao, C M ^a   Lin, C E ^a   Chen, C W ^a   Lai, Y C ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Non point source pollution; River pollution

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; GREEN AREAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; KAOPING RIVER; MULTI-FUNCTIONS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL TREATMENT; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NONPOINT SOURCES; PAPER MILL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER WATER QUALITY; TOTAL COLIFORMS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATERBODIES; WETLAND SYSTEMS; WILDLIFE HABITATS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRAINAGE; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; OXYGEN; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; RAILROAD BRIDGES; RIVER CONTROL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRAINAGE NETWORK; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EDUCATION; HABITAT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PAPER INDUSTRY; RECREATION; TAIWAN; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WILDLIFE;

ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; TAIWAN; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

KAOPING RIVER; TAIWAN;

EID: 77954461033     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.175     Document Type: Article

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