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K. Lizama Allende, T. D. Fletcher and G. Sun Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Building 60, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia E-mail: katherine.lizama@monash.edu ABSTRACT The presence of arsenic and heavy metals in drinking water sources poses a serious health risk due to chronic toxicological effects. Constructed wetlands have the potential to remove arsenic and heavy metals, but little is known about pollutant removal efficiency and reliability of wetlands for this task. This lab-scale study investigated the use of vertical subsurface flow constructed wetlands for removing arsenic, boron, copper, zinc, iron and manganese from synthetic wastewater. Gravel, limestone, zeolite and cocopeat ... Διαβάστε περισσότερα