Biogeochemical process approach to the design and construction of a pilot-scale wetland treatment system for an oil field-produced water

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 157-168

  Pham, Minh Phung T ^a,b   Castle, James W ^a   Rodgers Jr , John H ^c  

^a South   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEMS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FREE WATER SURFACE WETLAND; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; ORGANIC CONTENT; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PILOT SCALE; PROCESS-BASED APPROACH; PRODUCED WATER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUBSURFACE FLOW WETLANDS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; TWO LAYERS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES; WETLAND CELLS; WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; DESIGN; GRAVEL; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); OIL FIELDS; SORPTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

WATER TREATMENT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN; GUIDELINE; HERB; OIL FIELD; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER RETENTION; WATER TREATMENT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PISUM SATIVUM; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 81855220293     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg.03101111003     Document Type: Article

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