Treatment of municipal wastewaters with the use of natural systems (vertical flow constructed wetlands)

Abstract

Constructed wetlands have become a popular treatment alternative, in Europe and USA, mostly for handling municipal wastewaters of small communities. Although treatment of stormwater, combined sewer overflows and wastewaters of different origins such as acid-mine drainage, or agricultural runoff, have also been reported. These treatment systems are complex assemblage of water, substrate, plants, litter (primarily fallen plant material), invertebrates (mostly insects larvae and worms) and an array of microorganisms (most importantly bacteria). The pollutants in such systems are removed through a combination of physical, chemical and biological processes, including sedimentation, precipitation, adsorption to soil particles, assimilation by plant tissue and microbial transformations. A number of intermittently loaded vertical-flow treatment systems have been constructed in several places of Central-North Europe (especially in Germany and in UK), mainly for the wastewater management of smal ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/15423
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/15423
ND
15423
Alternative title
Μελέτη της επεξεργασίας αστικών υγρών αποβλήτων με χρήση φυσικών συστημάτων
Author
Prochaska, Charikleia (Father's name: Adamantios)
Date
2005
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
Ζουμπούλης Αναστάσιος
Μάτης Κωνσταντίνος
Ζαλίδης Γεώργιος
Διαμαντόπουλος Ευάγγελος
Πούλιος Ιωάννης
Λαζαρίδης Νικόλαος
Γάλλιος Γεώργιος
Discipline
Natural Sciences
Chemical Sciences
Keywords
Vertical flow constructed wetlands; Synthetic sewages; Dolomites; Nitrification; Latin square experimental design; Statistical analysis anova; Phragmites australis
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
368 σ., im.
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