Impact of hydraulic loading rate and season on water contaminant reductions within integrated constructed wetlands

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 499-509

  Dong, Yu ^a   Wiliński, Piotr R ^a   Dzakpasu, Mawuli ^b,c   Scholz, Miklas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochemical oxygen demand; Chemical oxygen demand; Hydraulic retention time; Mass balance; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RETENTION; WATER BUDGET; WATER POLLUTION;

IRELAND;

EID: 85027935350     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0176-5     Document Type: Article

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