Fragmented limestone wastes as a constructed wetland substrate for phosphorus removal

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-69

  Mateus, Dina M R ^a   Vaz, Mafalda M N ^a   Pinho, Henrique J O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE TOMAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Euthrophication; Sustainable technologies; Tracer experiments; Wastewater treatment; Wetlands hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; COST EFFECTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; EUTHROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; FREUNDLICH MODELS; HYDRAULIC LOAD; ISOTHERM PARAMETERS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LANGMUIR MODELS; MINERAL MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS; PACKED BED COLUMN; PHOSPHATE SOLUTIONS; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; REED GROWTH; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES; SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY; TRACER EXPERIMENTS; TRIAL PERIOD;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; LIMESTONE; PACKED BEDS; PHOSPHORUS; SORPTION; SUBSTRATES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EUTROPHICATION; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIMESTONE; MORPHOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSTRATE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRACER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84857436076     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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