Influence of hummocks and emergent vegetation on hydraulic performance in a surface flow wastewater treatment wetland

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Keefe, Steffanie H ^a   Daniels, Joan S ^b   Runkel, Robert L ^b   Wass, Roland D ^c   Stiles, Eric A ^d   Barber, Larry B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Wass Gerke and Associates Inc   (United States)

^d U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION PERIOD; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DEEP ZONE; EMERGENT VEGETATION; FLOW PATH; GROWING SEASON; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORIGINAL DESIGN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; START-UP CONDITIONS; SURFACE FLOW; TRACER EXPERIMENT; TRACER TESTS; TREATMENT WETLANDS; VEGETATION COVERAGE; VEGETATION GROWTH; VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY; WETLAND HYDRAULICS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COILED TUBING; HYDRAULICS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

VEGETATION;

ACCLIMATION; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; FLOW PATTERN; GROWING SEASON; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; INFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENESCENCE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE FLUX; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACER; VEGETATION COVER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 78649436448     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009512     Document Type: Article

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