Maintenance versus maturation: Constructed storm-water wetland's fifth-year water quality and hydrologic assessment

Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States)

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Merriman, Laura S ^a   Hunt, William F ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; Maintenance; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Runoff; SCM; Sediment; Storm water; Storm water wetland; Urban; Wetland maturation

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; MAINTENANCE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; EVENT MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; STORMWATERS; URBAN;

EFFLUENTS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920832659     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: 19437870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000861     Document Type: Article

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