Performance of pilot-scale constructed wetlands for secondary treatment of chromium-bearing tannery wastewaters

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 239-240, Issue , 2012, Pages 142-151

  Dotro, Gabriela ^a   Castro, Silvana ^b   Tujchneider, Ofelia ^c,d   Piovano, Nancy ^c   Paris, Marta ^c   Faggi, Ana ^d,e   Palazolo, Paul ^f   Larsen, Daniel ^g   Fitch, Mark ^h  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto Nacional del Agua Argentina   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^e Universidad de Flores   (Argentina)

^f University of Memphis   (United States)

^g University of Memphis   (United States)

^h Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Chromium; Horizontal flow constructed wetlands; Sizing; Solids

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC; ANIMAL SKINS; AREAL MASS; BATCH PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; EFFLUENT QUALITY; HORIZONTAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; INFLUENT LOADS; LOW COSTS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PILOT SCALE; PRIMARY EFFLUENT; PRIMARY TREATMENT; SAFE DISPOSALS; SECONDARY TREATMENT; SHOCK LOAD; SIZING; TANNERY WASTEWATER; TREATMENT PLANTS;

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; CHROMIUM; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GRAVITATION; SOLIDS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHROMIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SKIN; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GRAVITY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; RELIABILITY; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PILOT PROJECTS; TANNING; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84867736203     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.08.050     Document Type: Article

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