Efficiency of mesocosm-scale constructed wetland systems for treatment of sanitary wastewater under tropical conditions

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 220, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 161-171

  Caselles Osorio, Aracelly ^a   Villafañe, Patricia ^a   Caballero, Vanessa ^a   Manzano, Yelena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ATLÁNTICO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

COD; Constructed Wetlands; Nitrification; Redox potentialTropical macrophytes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; NITRIFICATION; PH EFFECTS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEPTIC TANKS; TROPICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MACROPHYTES; MONITORED PARAMETERS; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SEPTIC TANK EFFLUENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; TOTAL AND FECAL COLIFORMS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; NITRIFICATION; REDOX POTENTIAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MESOCOSM; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PLANT; SEPTIC TANK; TROPIC CLIMATE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

COLOMBIA;

ELEOCHARIS MUTATA; ERIOCHLOA ARISTATA;

EID: 80052301242     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0743-7     Document Type: Article

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