The performance of constructed wetlands treating primary, secondary and dairy soiled water in Ireland (a review)

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2348-2354

  Healy, M G ^a   O' Flynn, C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dairy soiled water; Free water surface wetlands; Municipal wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; LOADING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

% REDUCTIONS; DAIRY SOILED WATERS; FINAL EFFLUENTS; FREE WATER SURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; FREE WATER SURFACE WETLAND; IRELAND; LOADING PERFORMANCE; LOADING RATE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PERFORMANCE;

WETLANDS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DATABASE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FREE SURFACE FLOW; LITERATURE REVIEW; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DAIRY SOILED WATER; EFFLUENT; FREE WATER SURFACE FLOW; IRELAND; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VEGETATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

IRELAND;

EID: 79960835804     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.05.021     Document Type: Review

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