Removal efficiency of a constructed wetland combined with ultrasound and UV devices for wastewater reuse in agriculture

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2327-2336

  Toscano, Attilio ^a   Hellio, Claire ^b   Marzo, Alessia ^a   Milani, Mirco ^a   Lebret, Karen ^b   Cirelli, Giuseppe L ^a   Langergraber, Günter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

constructed wetlands; removal efficiency; ultrasound; ultraviolet; wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALGAE; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONICS; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; ULTRAVIOLET; WASTEWATER REUSE; WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CHLOROPHYLL A;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; IRRIGATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ALGA; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CLOSTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEVICES; DIATOM; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MICROSPORIDIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POND; PRODUCTIVITY; SALMONELLA; SCENEDESMUS; SPIRULINA; ULTRASOUND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE;

EID: 84886087848     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.767284     Document Type: Article

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