Biofilter design for effective nitrogen removal from stormwater - Influence of plant species, inflow hydrology and use of a saturated zone

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1312-1319

  Payne, Emily G I ^a   Pham, Tracey ^a   Cook, Perran L M ^a   Fletcher, Tim D ^b   Hatt, Belinda E ^a   Deletic, Ana ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Drying; Nitrogen; Plant species; Stormwater; Water dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILTERS; DRYING; INSURANCE; NITROGEN; STORMS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INSURANCE POLICIES; LABORATORY AND FIELD STUDIES; OUTFLOW CONCENTRATIONS; PLANT SPECIES; STORMWATERS; URBAN STORMWATER RUNOFF; WATER DYNAMICS;

GROUNDWATER;

NITROGEN; STORM WATER;

BIOFILTRATION; INFLOW; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN; OUTFLOW; PHREATIC ZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STORMWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GRASS; HYDROLOGY; INFLOW HYDROLOGY; LAWN GRASS; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POACEAE; REED; SATURATED ZONE; SEDGE; SHRUB; SPECIES; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

HYDROLOGY; NITROGEN; PLANTS; VICTORIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WETLANDS;

EID: 84898810138     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.013     Document Type: Article

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