Constructed wetland as an ecotechnological tool for pollution treatment for conservation of Ganga river

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 148, Issue , 2013, Pages 535-541

  Rai, U N ^a   Tripathi, R D ^a   Singh, N K ^a   Upadhyay, A K ^a   Dwivedi, S ^a   Shukla, M K ^a   Mallick, S ^a   Singh, S N ^a   Nautiyal, C S ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Ganga; Macrophytes; Sewage; Water quality

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; GANGA; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; MACROPHYTES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POLYGONUM HYDROPIPER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; AMMONIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DICOTYLEDON; GRASS; GRAVEL; GROWTH RATE; HERB; MACROPHYTE; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STABILIZATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MACROPHYTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PISTIA STRATOITES; PLANT GROWTH; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM EXTRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

GANGES RIVER;

ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; PERSICARIA HYDROPIPER; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PISTIA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GANGA; MACROPHYTES; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84884730739     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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