Fate and distribution of arsenic in laboratory-scale subsurface horizontal-flow constructed wetlands treating an artificial wastewater

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1214-1224

  Rahman, Khaja Zillur ^a   Wiessner, Arndt ^a   Kuschk, Peter ^a   van Afferden, Manfred ^a   Mattusch, Jürgen ^a   Müller, Roland Arno ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Artificial wastewater; Juncus effusus; Mass balance; Retention; Subsurface horizontal flow constructed wetland

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL WASTEWATER; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; MASS BALANCE; RETENTION; SUBSURFACE HORIZONTAL-FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

ACCUMULATION; ARSENIC; BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MASS BALANCE; MONOCOTYLEDON; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RETENTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER;

JUNCUS EFFUSUS;

EID: 79957987901     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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