Sustainability indicators of subsurface flow constructed wetlands in Portuguese small communities

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 625-634

  Duarte, António A L S ^a   Canais seco, Teresa ^b   Peres, José A ^c   Bentes, Isabel ^c   Pinto, Jorge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Municipality of Celorico de Basto ^*  (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Monitoring; Natural systems; Performance evaluation; Sustainability indicators; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISCHARGE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 77958058681     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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