A comparison of charcoal- and slag-based constructed wetlands for acid mine drainage remediation

Water SA

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 369-374

  Sheridan, Craig ^a   Harding, Kevin ^a   Koller, Edward ^a   De Pretto, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AMD; Charcoal; Constructed wetlands; Remediation; Slag

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AMD; BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE SLAG (BOF); BROKEN DOWN; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; SOLUBLE IRONS; SUBSURFACE-FLOW;

BASIC OXYGEN CONVERTERS; REMEDIATION; SLAGS; WETLANDS;

CHARCOAL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CHARCOAL; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; SLAG; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84879518251     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v39i3.4     Document Type: Article

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