A review on the sustainability of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: Design and operation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 175, Issue , 2015, Pages 594-601

  Wu, Haiming ^a,b   Zhang, Jian ^b   Ngo, Huu Hao ^c   Guo, Wenshan ^c   Hu, Zhen ^b   Liang, Shuang ^b   Fan, Jinlin ^b   Liu, Hai ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Pollutant removal; Wastewater treatment; Wetland plants

Indexed keywords

RECLAMATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS (CWS); CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PERFORMANCE AND APPLICATIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WETLAND PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WATER; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WETLAND;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PLANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84911863374     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.10.068     Document Type: Review

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