Coliform bacteria removal from sewage in constructed wetlands planted with Mentha aquatica

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 2095-2103

  Avelar, Fabiana F ^a   De Matos, Antonio T ^a   De Matos, Mateus P ^b   Borges, Alisson C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coliforms decay; Horizontal flow wetlands; Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOVAL; SEWAGE;

ADJUSTMENT PARAMETER; COLIFORMS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; FIRST-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

WETLANDS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FECAL COLIFORM; HERB; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTHA; MENTHA AQUATICA; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MENTHA AQUATICA;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MENTHA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84899516768     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2014.893025     Document Type: Article

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