Integration of septic tank and constructed wetland for the treatment of wastewater in Egypt

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 16-18, 2013, Pages 3539-3546

  Abdel Shafy, Hussein I ^a   El Khateeb, Mohamed A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b JOUF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Groundwater protection; Horizontal flow; Sewage farm; Treated effluent reuse; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877895603     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.749585     Document Type: Article

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