The efficiency of constructed wetlands for the removal of the antimicrobial agent triclosan from wastewater

• Main Author: Zinn, Elizabeth R.
• Other Authors: Popovicova, Jarka.
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Anti-infective agents > Environmental aspects; Emerging contaminants in water; Sewage > Purification; Constructed wetlands
• Online Access: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/196987; http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1698520

Access to abstract restricted until December 2014. === Review of relevant literature -- Efficiency of constructed wetlands to remove an antimicrobial agent triclosan from wastewater -- The removal of triclosan from laboratory scale constructed wetlands with four species of wetland plants -- Additional research : determination of the hydraulic retention time in an operational subsurface constructed wetland -- Additional research methods : the evaluation of the subsurface constructed wetland for the treatment of iron, phosphorus, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, dissolved oxygen, pH and E. coli. === Access to thesis restricted until December 2014 === Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management