Effects of media and plant selection on biofiltration performance

Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States)

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 462-470

  Barrett, Michael E ^a   Limouzin, Maëlle ^a   Lawler, Desmond F ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Clogging; Filtration; Nutrients; Particles; Storm water management

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS; CLOGGING; LABORATORY COLUMNS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; PLANT SELECTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXPERIMENTS; FILTRATION; STORMS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOFILTRATION; GRASS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STORMWATER;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BUCHLOE; MUHLENBERGIA;

EID: 84875642122     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000551     Document Type: Article

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