Wastewater Treatment in Constructed Wetlands with Horizontal Sub-Surface Flow

• Main Authors: Vymazal, Jan (Author), Kröpfelová, Lenka (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Environmental Pollution, 14
• Subjects: Environment.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Ecology.; Applied ecology.; Waste management.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.; Environment, general.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Applied Ecology.

Constructed wetlands with horizontal sub-surface flow (HF CWs) have been used for wastewater treatment for more than four decades. HF CWs are used around the world for many types of wastewater, including municipal sewage, agricultural and industrial wastewaters, runoff waters, wastewaters containing...

Table of Contents:

• Transformation Mechanisms of Major Nutrients and Metals in Wetlands
• Wetland Plants
• Types of Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
• Horizontal Flow Constructed Wetlands
• Types of Wastewater Treated in HF Constructed Wetlands
• The Use of HF Constructed Wetlands in the World.