Nutrients removal from municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent using Eichhornia Crassipes

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2009, Pages 828-833

  Kutty, S R M ^a   Ngatenah, S N I ^a   Isa, M H ^a   Malakahmad, A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Eichhornia Crassipes; Nutrient removal; Phytoremediation; Water hyacinth

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANTS; AQUATIC SYSTEM; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; MACROPHYTES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT UPTAKE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; ROLE OF WATER; SHOOT DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER PURIFICATION; WATER HYACINTH; WATER SAMPLES;

AMMONIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HEAVY METALS; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POLISHING; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WEIGHING;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 84871143802     PISSN: 2010376X     EISSN: 20103778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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