Treatment performance of artificial floating reed beds in an experimental mesocosm to improve the water quality of river Kshipra

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2851-2859

  Billore, S K ^a   Prashant, ^a   Sharma, J K ^a  

^a VIKRAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial floating reed beds; BOD; Mesocosm experiments; Phragmites karka; TKN

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EXPERIMENTS; REDUCTION; REMOVAL; RIVERS; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

ANNUAL AVERAGE; BOD; ECO-FRIENDLY; EFFECTIVE SURFACE AREA; IN-SITU; MESOCOSMS; PHRAGMITES; PILOT SCALE; POLLUTION LOADS; REED BED; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RIVER WATER; RIVER WATER TREATMENT; STUDY AREAS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; UNTREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER STREAMS; WATERBODIES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

RIVER WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MESOCOSM; NITRATE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; REEDBED; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTIFICIAL FLOATING REED BED; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GRASS; INDIA; JAPAN; MESOCOSM; RIVER; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

PHRAGMITES KARKA;

EID: 85000318851     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.731     Document Type: Article

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