Application of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment in developing countries - A review of recent developments (2000-2013)

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 141, Issue , 2014, Pages 116-131

  Zhang, Dong Qing ^a   Jinadasa, K B S N ^b   Gersberg, Richard M ^c   Liu, Yu ^a   Ng, Wun Jern ^a   Tan, Soon Keat ^a,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Developing countries; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HYBRID SYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; RECLAMATION; WETLANDS;

CENTRALISED; CLEAN WATERS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COST-INTENSIVE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY AND COST; WATER COSTS; WATER ENERGY; WATER-RELATED PROBLEMS; WETLAND SYSTEMS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEVELOPING WORLD; POLLUTION CONTROL; URBANIZATION; WASTEWATER; WATER PLANNING; WATER TREATMENT; COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POLLUTANT; SANITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER FLOW;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; LAND USE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WETLANDS;

EID: 84899674783     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.03.015     Document Type: Review

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