BTEX removal in pilot-scale horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 13-15, 2013, Pages 3032-3039

  Ranieri, Ezio ^a   Gikas, Petros ^b   Tchobanoglous, George ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biodegradation; Bioremediation; Constructed wetland; Ethylbenzene; Hydraulic residence time; Toluene; Wastewater; Xylene

Indexed keywords

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 84875820672     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.748453     Document Type: Article

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