Economic and environmental analysis of using constructed riparian wetlands to support urbanized municipal wastewater treatment

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 249-258

  Teng, Chia Ji ^a   Leu, Shao Yuan ^b   Ko, Chun Han ^c   Fan, Chihhao ^d   Sheu, Yiong Shing ^e   Hu, Hui Yu ^f  

^a TUNGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e Environmental Protection Administration Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^f MWH AMERICAS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic; Modeling; Reaction kinetics; Wastewater; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; EFFLUENT QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; OPERATION PARAMETERS; POLLUTANTS REMOVAL; RIPARIAN WETLAND; RIVER BASINS; SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS; SITE CONDITIONS; SUBTROPICAL AREA; TOTAL COSTS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT PLANTS; URBAN WATERSHED; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; KINETICS; MODELS; POLLUTION; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

WATERSHEDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

EID: 84860298943     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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