Removal of pharmaceutical compounds in tropical constructed wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 460-464

  Zhang, Dong Qing ^a   Tan, Soon Keat ^b   Gersberg, Richard M ^c   Sadreddini, Sara ^a   Zhu, Junfei ^a   Tuan, Nguyen Anh ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Pharmaceutical; Removal; Tropical region

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL WASTEWATER; CARBAMAZEPINE; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; NAPROXENS; ORGANIC SURFACES; OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RHIZOSPHERE EFFECTS; TROPICAL REGIONS; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

AMIDES; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; SOILS; SORPTION; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

REMOVAL;

AERATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRUG; HERB; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; RHIZOSPHERE; SORPTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 79551621167     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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