Comparison of vertical and horizontal flow planted and unplanted subsurface flow wetlands treating municipal wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-123

  Pandey, M K ^a   Jenssen, P D ^b   Krogstad, T ^b   Jonasson, Sven ^c  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Geo Logic i Göteborg AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Decentralized wastewater management; Horizontal flow systems; Vertical flow systems

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS (CWS); DECENTRALIZED WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; SUBSURFACE FLOW WETLANDS; VERTICAL FLOW SYSTEMS;

EXPERIMENTS; GRIT CHAMBERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

LOADING;

PHOSPHORUS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISCHARGE; DOMESTIC WASTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; GRASS; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GRAIN; NEPAL; PHRAGMITES; POROSITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WETLANDS;

NEPAL;

EID: 84881158928     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.220     Document Type: Article

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