The King's initiatives using water hyacinth to remove heavy metals and plant nutrients from wastewater through Bueng Makkasan in Bangkok, Thailand

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-52

  Chunkao, Kasem ^a   Nimpee, Chatri ^a   Duangmal, Kittichai ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Hyacinth; Plant nutrient; Remediation; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANTS; BANGKOK; BANGKOK , THAILAND; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; COVERAGE AREA; DATA COLLECTION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOMELESS PEOPLE; HYACINTH; ORGANIC WASTES; PLANT NUTRIENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURFACE AREA; THAILAND; TOXIC CHEMICALS; VISIBLE LIGHT; WASTEWATER PONDS; WATER HYACINTH; WATER HYACINTH GROWTH;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CADMIUM; COMPOSTING; COPPER; ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; LAKES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METALS; NUTRIENTS; REMEDIATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEWAGE; VEGETABLES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

ABSORPTION; ALGA; ANGIOSPERM; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POND; RESERVOIR; SURFACE AREA; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VEGETABLE; WASTEWATER; WATER DEPTH; WATER TREATMENT;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; THAILAND;

ALGAE; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYACINTHUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 83455177747     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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