Laboratory based experiments to assess the use of green and food based compost to improve water quality in a Sustainable Drainage (SUDS) device such as a swale

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 424, Issue , 2012, Pages 337-343

  Charlesworth, S M ^a   Nnadi, E ^a   Oyelola, O ^a   Bennett, J ^a   Warwick, F ^a   Jackson, R ^a   Lawson, D ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b Sports Turf Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Green compost (GC); Mixed compost (MC); Sustainable Drainage (SUDS); Swale; Topsoil (TS)

Indexed keywords

GREEN COMPOSTS; MIXED COMPOST (MC); SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE (SUDS); SWALE; TOPSOIL (TS);

BIOFILMS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; LEACHING; POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

COMPOSTING;

COPPER; HYDROCARBON; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; OIL; ZINC;

BIOFILM; COMPOST; REMEDIATION; TOPSOIL; URBAN DRAINAGE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SWALE; TOPSOIL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FUNGI; GREAT BRITAIN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

FUNGI;

EID: 84859783254     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.075     Document Type: Article

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