The flower and the butterfly constructed wetland system at Koh Phi Phi-System design and lessons learned during implementation and operation

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 729-735

  Brix, Hans ^a   Koottatep, Thammarat ^b   Fryd, Ole ^c   Laugesen, Carsten H ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^d Embassy of Denmark   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Canna; Clogging; Ecotechnology; Heliconia; Papyrus; Tsunami; Vertical flow; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CANNA; CLOGGING; ECOTECHNOLOGY; HELICONIA; PAPYRUS; VERTICAL FLOWS;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TSUNAMIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ESTHETICS; FLOWER; MONOCOTYLEDON; ODOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMPING; RECYCLING; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

KRABI; PHI PHI ISLANDS; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

CYPERUS PAPYRUS; HELICONIA;

EID: 79955626249     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.06.035     Document Type: Article

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