Pollutant removal in a multi-stage municipal wastewater treatment system comprised of constructed wetlands and a maturation pond, in a temperate climate

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 980-987

  Rivas, A ^a,b   Barcelo Quintal I ^a   Moeller, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Maturation pond; Multi stage treatment; Pollutant removal efficiencies; Wetlands treatment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DRY SEASONS; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; FECAL COLIFORM; MATURATION PONDS; ME-XICO; MULTI-STAGE; MULTISTAGE SYSTEM; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; PRELIMINARY TREATMENT; RECEIVING WATERS; SUBSURFACE-FLOW; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATMENT UNITS; VERTICAL FLOWS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLIMATOLOGY; LAKES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; PONDING; RECLAMATION; RURAL AREAS; SEPTIC TANKS; STORM SEWERS; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISCHARGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POND; RESEARCH WORK; SUSPENDED LOAD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLIMATE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FECAL COLIFORM; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MATURATION POND; MEXICO; POND; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPTIC TANK; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CLIMATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PONDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 80052069947     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.731     Document Type: Article

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