Stormwater nitrogen removal performance of a floating treatment wetland

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1657-1664

  Borne, Karine E ^a   Tanner, Chris C ^b   Fassman Beck, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Floating treatment wetland; Nitrogen; Plant; Pond; Sediment; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION RATE; EVENT MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; FLOATING TREATMENT WETLANDS; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; PLANT; STORMWATER RETENTION; STORMWATERS;

DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PONDING; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

LAKES;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC NITROGEN; STORM WATER; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DETRITUS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOATING STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STORMWATER;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DEOXYGENATION; DETRITUS; FLOATING TREATMENT WETLAND; GROWING SEASON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PLANT; POND; ROOT EXUDATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 84887461998     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.410     Document Type: Article

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