Enhanced P, N and C removal from domestic wastewater using constructed wetland employing construction solid waste (CSW) as main substrate

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1022-1028

  Yang, Y ^a   Wang, Z M ^a   Liu, C ^a   Guo, X C ^a  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Constructed wetland; Construction solid waste; Domestic wastewater treatment; Nutrient control

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; HIGH RATE; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; OPERATION PERIOD; OPERATION STRATEGY; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL; OXYGEN TRANSFER; P REMOVAL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TIDAL FLOW; TOTAL NITROGEN; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; VERTICAL SUBSURFACE-FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND;

ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; WETLANDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOLID WASTE; SUBSTRATE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONSTRUCTION SOLID WASTE; DENITRIFICATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NITRIFICATION; SOLID WASTE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER;

CARBON; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84864409679     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.277     Document Type: Article

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