Development of constructed wetlands inperformance intensifications for wastewater treatment: A nitrogen and organic matter targeted review

Water Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-55

  Wu, Shubiao ^a   Kuschk, Peter ^b   Brix, Hans ^c   Vymazal, Jan ^d   Dong, Renjie ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Operation strategy; Performance enhancement; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RECLAMATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INSULATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; DESIGN CONFIGURATIONS; DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES; OPERATION STRATEGY; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; REDOX CONDITION; REMOVAL MECHANISM; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY;

WETLANDS;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN; LITERATURE REVIEW; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUBSTRATE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTIFICIAL AERATION; AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION DRIVEN CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; AUTOTROPHY; BAFFLED SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; BIOAUGMENTATION; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CIRCULAR FLOW CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COLD CLIMATE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; DROP AERATION; EARTHWORM; EARTHWORM INTEGRATION; EFFLUENT; EFFLUENT RECIRCULATION; EPISEDIMENT LAYER INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FILTRATION; FLOW DIRECTION RECIPROCATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC CARBON ADDED CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ORGANIC FILTRATION MEDIA CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ORGANISMS BY ELECTRON DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL; STEP FEEDING CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; TIDAL OPERATION; TIDE; TOWERY HYBRID CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WETLAND;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WETLANDS;

EID: 84897471272     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.03.020     Document Type: Review

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