Nitrate and phosphate removal through enhanced bioretention media: Mesocosm study

Water Environment Research

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 823-832

  Palmer, Eric T ^a   Poor, Cara J ^a   Hinman, Curtis ^b   Stark, John D ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioretention; Green stormwater infrastructure; Nitrate; Nutrient removal; Phosphate; Stormwater treatment

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPOSTING; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHATES; POTABLE WATER; STORM SEWERS; STORMS;

BIORETENTION; BIORETENTION MEDIA; DRINKING-WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS; NITRATE AND PHOSPHATE REMOVAL; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; STORMWATER TREATMENT; STORMWATERS; WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS;

WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; STORM WATER;

ALUMINUM; DRINKING WATER; MESOCOSM; NITRATE; PEAK FLOW; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RETENTION; STORMWATER; VADOSE ZONE; VEGETATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPOST; EFFLUENT; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SOIL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84883384035     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143013X13736496908997     Document Type: Article

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