Preliminary study on the potential of arsenic removal by subsurface flow constructed mesocosms

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-104

  Zurita, Florentina ^a   Del Toro Sánchez, Carmen L ^a   Gutierrez Lomelí, Melesio ^a   Rodriguez Sahagún, Araceli ^a   Castellanos Hernandez, Osvaldo A ^a   Ramírez Martínez, Gerardo ^b   White, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ASISTENCIA EN TECNOLOGÍA Y DISEÑO DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO   (Mexico)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemopsis californica; Arsenic; Evapotranspiration; Subsurface flow constructed wetlands; Water quality; Zantedeschia aethiopica

Indexed keywords

ANEMOPSIS CALIFORNICA; ARSENIC REMOVAL; BED MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; MASS REMOVAL; MESOCOSMS; OUTFLOW CONCENTRATIONS; OXIDE SUBSTRATES; P-VALUES; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT SPECIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SORPTIVE CAPACITIES; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; TEZONTLE; WATER LOSS; ZANTEDESCHIA;

ARSENIC; BIOREMEDIATION; CELLS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTS; IRON OXIDES; REMOVAL; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

CYTOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ARSENIC; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRINKING WATER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON OXIDE; MESOCOSM; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSTRATE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

ANEMOPSIS CALIFORNICA; ZANTEDESCHIA; ZANTEDESCHIA AETHIOPICA;

EID: 84864034359     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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