The potential to improve water quality in the middle Rio Grande through effective wetland restoration

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 501-509

  Rodriguez, Ruth ^a   Lougheed, Vanessa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Rio Grande; Water quality; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AQUATIC PLANTS; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CREATED WETLANDS; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; ME-XICO; METROPLEX; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LEVELS; NUTRIENT CHEMISTRY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGIONAL TRENDS; RIO GRANDE; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLAND RESTORATION;

AGRICULTURE; ALGAE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; NITRATE; PHOSPHOROUS ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGA; AMMONIA; AQUATIC PLANT; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MEXICO; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 78049384252     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.323     Document Type: Article

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