PERFORMANCE OF A SURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEM USED TO TREAT SECONDARY EFFLUENT AND FILTER BACKWASH WATER

PERFORMANCE OF A SURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEM USED TO TREAT SECONDARY EFFLUENT AND FILTER BACKWASH WATER

  The performance of a surface flow wetland system used to treat activated sludge effluent and filter backwash water from a tertiary treatment facility was evaluated. Samples were collected before and after vegetation removal from the system which consists of two densely vegetated settling basins (...

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Main Authors: Juan Antonio Vidales-Contreras, Charles Peter Gerba, Martin M Karpiscak, Humberto Rodriguez-Fuentes, Cristobal Chaidez-Quiroz, Emilio Olivares-Saenz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2011-05-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
Subjects:
TSS (SST), BOD5 (DBO5), constructed wetlands (pantanos construidos), wastewater (agua residual), backwash water (agua de retrolavado), microbial indicators
Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/486

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