Nitrate removal and greenhouse gas production in a stream-bed denitrifying bioreactor

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1575-1580

  Elgood, Z ^a   Robertson, W D ^b   Schiff, S L ^b   Elgood, R ^b  

^a Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Denitrification; Greenhouse gases; Methane; Nitrate; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; EMISSION RATES; GAS BUBBLE; GREENHOUSE GAS PRODUCTION; MONITORING PERIODS; NITRATE REMOVAL; NITROUS OXIDE; ONTARIO , CANADA; PRODUCTION RATES; SIDE EFFECT; STREAM WATER; SUMMER MONTHS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES; WOODCHIPS;

ANESTHETICS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULICS; METHANE; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BIOREACTOR; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; GAS PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESERVOIR; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STREAM BED; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77956881777     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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