Improving the treatment efficiency of constructed wetlands with zeolite-containing filter sands

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 937-941

  Bruch, Ingo ^a   Fritsche, Johannes ^b   Bänninger, Dominik ^b,d   Alewell, Ulrike ^a   Sendelov, Michael ^b   Hürlimann, Heinz ^b   Hasselbach, Ralf ^c   Alewell, Christine ^b  

^a Büro Bruch   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Entsorgungsverband Saar (EVS)   (Germany)

^d Section of Groundwater   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Lava sand; Wastewater purification; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONTACT TIME; FILTER MATERIALS; FILTER MEDIA; LAVA SAND; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PURIFICATION EFFICIENCY; SORPTION CAPACITIES; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; WASTEWATER PURIFICATION; ZEOLITE MINERALS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FILTRATION; PURIFICATION; SAND; SILICATE MINERALS; SORPTION; SWELLING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZEOLITES;

WETLANDS;

ZEOLITE;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FILTER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAVA; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SAND; SORPTION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FILTER; FLUVIATILE SAND; LAVA SAND; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; GERMANY; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS; ZEOLITES;

EID: 78650687678     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.09.041     Document Type: Article

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