Seasonal performance of an outdoor constructed wetland for graywater treatment in a temperate climate

Water Environment Research

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2187-2198

  Jokerst, Adam ^a   Sharvelle, Sybil E ^a   Hollowed, Margaret E ^a   Roesner, Larry A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Free water surface; Graywater; Submerged flow; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLIMATOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; QUALITY CONTROL; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS (BOD); CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; FREE WATER SURFACES; GRAYWATER; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATES; SUBMERGED FLOW; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

WETLANDS;

LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SUFONATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATE; SULFONATED IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACTANT; SUSPENDED LOAD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAYWATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

EID: 84855530113     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143011X12989211841412     Document Type: Article

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