Organic and metallic pollutants in water treatment and natural wetlands: A review

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-99

  Haarstad, K ^a   Bavor, H J ^b   Maehlum T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metallic; Organic; Pesticide; Pharmaceutical; Pollutants; Review; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANTS; BISPHENOL A; CHLORFEN-VINPHOS; CHLOROPHENOLS; DETENTION TIME; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; DIESEL RANGE ORGANICS; ENDOSULFANS; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH CAPACITY; HYDRAULIC CAPACITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LIMIT VALUES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; METAL UPTAKE; METALLIC; METHYL MERCURY; METOLACHLORS; MICROBIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION; NATURAL WETLAND; NONYLPHENOLS; ORGANIC; PHARMACEUTICAL; POLLUTANTS; REDOX CONDITION; SIMAZINE; SUBMERGED PLANTS; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; TOTAL MERCURIES; TOXIC HEAVY METALS; TREATMENT WETLANDS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CADMIUM; CYANIDES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; GLYCOLS; HERBICIDES; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METALS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; PHENOLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REVIEWS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORPTION; UREA; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ATRAZINE; BENZENE; CADMIUM; CHLOROPHENOL; CHLORPHENOTANE; CLOFENVINFOS; COPPER; CYANIDE; DIURON; ENDOSULFAN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCOL; IRON; LEAD; MECOPROP; MERCURY; METAL; METHYLMERCURY; METOLACHLOR; NICKEL; PHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SIMAZINE; SULFUR; TERBUTYLAZINE;

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COPPER; DDT; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRON; LITERATURE REVIEW; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; PESTICIDE; PHENOL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDOX CONDITIONS; RETENTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SORPTION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; COSMETICS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84855865661     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.831     Document Type: Review

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