Removal of persistent organic pollutants from landfill leachates treated in three constructed wetland systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1164-1172

  Wojciechowska, Ewa ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Octanol water partition coefficient; PAHs; PCBs; Subsurface flow; Surface flow

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALCOHOLS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

OCTANOL/WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PAHS; PCBS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE FLOW;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

OCTANOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDIMENTATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSPENDED LOAD;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84884876016     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.316     Document Type: Article

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