Treatment of tannery wastewater in a pilot-scale hybrid constructed wetland system in Bangladesh

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1065-1073

  Saeed, Tanveer ^a   Afrin, Rumana ^a   Muyeed, Abdullah Al ^a   Sun, Guangzhi ^b  

^a AHSANULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Denitrification; Media; Nitrification; Organics; Tannery wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CUPOLAS; DENITRIFICATION; DOMES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GRAVEL; HYBRID SYSTEMS; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PEAT; SLAGS; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; MEDIA; ORGANICS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; TANNERY WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; GRASS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLAG; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; HYBRIDIZATION; LEATHER INDUSTRY; NITRIFICATION; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SLAG; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BANGLADESH;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84862162146     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.04.055     Document Type: Article

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