Nitrogen removal from wastewater in vertical flow constructed wetlands containing LWA/gravel layers and reed vegetation

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 897-902

  Białowiec, Andrzej ^a   Janczukowicz, Wojciech ^a   Randerson, Peter F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Fly ash; Light weight aggregates; Nitrogen removal; Reed; Sewage sludge thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA REMOVAL; ARTIFICIAL WASTEWATER; BED MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DOUBLE LAYERS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE; LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; REED; REED BED; THERMAL TREATMENT; TOTAL DEPTHS; TOTAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; UPPER LAYER; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; VERTICAL FLOWS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; FLY ASH; GRAVEL; HEAT TREATMENT; LYSIMETERS; NITROGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL SURVEYS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FLY ASH; GRASS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LYSIMETER; NITROGEN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WASTEWATER; WATER FLOW;

EID: 79955624718     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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