Pharmaceutical removal in tropical subsurface flow constructed wetlands at varying hydraulic loading rates

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-277

  Zhang, Dong Qing ^a   Gersberg, Richard M ^b   Hua, Tao ^a   Zhu, Junfei ^a   Tuan, Nguyen Anh ^a   Tan, Soon Keat ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Continuous feeding regime; Pharmaceutical compounds; Rhizosphere aeration; Subsurface flow

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CAFFEINE; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFICIENCY; SOILS; TROPICS; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS (CWS); CONTINUOUS FEEDING; EMERGING ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS;

SALICYLIC ACID;

CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; NAPROXEN; SALICYLIC ACID;

AERATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RETENTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SALICYLIC ACID; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TROPICAL REGION; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SINGAPORE; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84862777216     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.12.067     Document Type: Article

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