Bioremediation of benzene-, MTBE- and ammonia-contaminated groundwater with pilot-scale constructed wetlands

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3769-3776

  Seeger, Eva M ^a   Kuschk, Peter ^a   Fazekas, Helga ^a   Grathwohl, Peter ^b   Kaestner, Matthias ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BTEX; Fuel hydrocarbon; Phytoremediation; Plant root mat

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; BENZENE DEGRADATION; BTEX; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; FILTER MATERIALS; GRAVEL FILTERS; IRON REDUCTION; MATRIX; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PILOT SCALE; PLANT ROOT MAT; PLANT ROOTS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SORPTION PROCESS; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; STIMULATIVE EFFECTS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES;

AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHARCOAL; CONTAMINATION; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; SORPTION; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BENZENE;

AMMONIA; BENZENE; CHARCOAL; FERRIC OXIDE; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BTEX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MTBE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SORPTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; FILTER; GRAVEL FILTER BASED SYSTEM; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PLANT ROOT MAT SYSTEM; REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; METHYL ETHERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053991933     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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