The effect of substrate media on the removal of arsenic, boron and iron from an acidic wastewater in planted column reactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 179, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-130

  Lizama Allende, K ^a   Fletcher, T D ^a,b   Sun, G ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Constructed wetland; Metals; Mine drainage; Reed bed; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARSENIC REMOVAL; COLUMN REACTORS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; FILTER MEDIA; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HYDRAULIC LOADING; MINE DRAINAGE; ONSITE TREATMENT; PH VALUE; RECEIVING WATERS; REED BED; VERTICAL FLOW WETLANDS;

ALKALINITY; ARSENIC; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRAINAGE; GRAVEL; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; IRON; LIMESTONE; METALS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WETLANDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84155186326     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.10.069     Document Type: Article

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