Emerging organic contaminant removal in a full-scale hybrid constructed wetland system for wastewater treatment and reuse

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-116

  Ávila, Cristina ^a   Bayona, Josep M ^b   Martín, Isabel ^c   Salas, Juan José ^c   García, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c New Water Technologies Center (CENTA)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Ibuprofen; Pathogen removal; Pharmaceuticals; Treatment wetland

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; SORPTION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; EMERGING ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW; IBUPROFEN; PATHOGEN REMOVAL; TREATMENT WETLANDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND REUSE;

EFFLUENTS;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84930045020     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.07.056     Document Type: Article

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