Anoxic treatment wetlands for denitrification

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1544-1551

  Leverenz, Harold L ^a   Haunschild, Kristine ^b   Hopes, Guy ^a   Tchobanoglous, George ^a   Darby, Jeannie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxic constructed wetland; Decentralized wastewater management; Denitrification; Nitrate removal; Subsurface flow; Woodchips

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DECENTRALIZED WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; NITRATE REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WOODCHIPS;

DENITRIFICATION; RATE CONSTANTS; ROADS AND STREETS; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROL SYSTEM; DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WOOD;

EID: 77956876793     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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