Seeking a way to promote the use of constructed wetlands for domestic wastewater treatment in developing countries

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 654-659

  Zurita, F ^a   Belmont, M A ^b   De Anda, J ^c   White, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ASISTENCIA EN TECNOLOGÍA Y DISEÑO DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Domestic wastewater; Ornamental plants; Subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; FLOW REGIMES; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; LABORATORY SCALE; MARKET VALUES; ORNAMENTAL PLANTS; PILOT SCALE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SUBSURFACE FLOW WETLANDS; SUBSURFACE-FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATMENT CELLS; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; TREATMENT WETLANDS; VERTICAL FLOWS; VERTICAL SUBSURFACE-FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; WETLAND PLANTS; ZANTEDESCHIA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; RECLAMATION; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WETLANDS;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEVELOPING WORLD; DOMESTIC WASTE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AGAPANTHUS AFRICANUS; ANTHURIUM ANDREANUM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CANNA HYBRIDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FLORICULTURE; HEMMEROCALLIS DUMORTIERI; NONHUMAN; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PH; PILOT STUDY; PLANT GROWTH; STRELITZIA REGINAE; STRELITZIACEAE; SURVIVAL RATE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; ZANTEDESCHIA; ZANTEDESCHIA AETHIOPICA;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LABORATORIES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANTS; SURVIVAL RATE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

AGAPANTHUS AFRICANUS; ANTHURIUM ANDRAEANUM; CANNA HYBRIDA; STRELITZIA REGINAE; ZANTEDESCHIA AETHIOPICA;

EID: 79953221200     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.229     Document Type: Article

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