Coliform bacteria removal from septic wastewater in a pilot-scale combined constructed wetland system

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1873-1879

  Tunçsiper, Bilal ^a   Ayaz, Selma Ç ^b   Akça, Lütfi ^c  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coliform removal; Constructed wetlands; Natural wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHRAGMITES;

EID: 84871703116     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2012.233     Document Type: Article

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