Long-term performance of constructed wetlands with horizontal sub-surface flow: Ten case studies from the Czech Republic

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-63

  Vymazal, Jan ^a,b  

^a ENKI ops   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Czech Republic; Long term performance; Nitrogen; Organics; Seasonal effect; Suspended solids

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CZECH REPUBLIC; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; ORGANICS; SEASONAL EFFECTS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

AMMONIA; COMBINED SEWERS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PHOSPHORUS; SORPTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FILTRATION; INFLOW; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEASONALITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTEWATER;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 78650241772     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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