Improving water quality in polluated drains with free water surface constructed wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1478-1484

  El Sheikh, Mahmoud A ^a   Saleh, Hazem I ^a   El Quosy, Diaa E ^b   Mahmoud, Abdallah A ^c  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Lake Manzala Engineering Wetland   (Egypt)

^c ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Free water surface; Hydraulic loading rates; Lake Manzala Engineered Wetland Egypt ; Nutrient removals; Polluted drain water; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; FREE WATER SURFACES; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; POLLUTED DRAIN WATER; TRACE METAL;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; HYDRAULICS; LAKES; LEAD; NUTRIENTS; REMOVAL; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TURBINES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WETLANDS; ZINC;

LAKE POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; DRAIN; FISHING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TRACE METAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 77955561142     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.06.030     Document Type: Article

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