ABSTRACT
Constructed Wetlands for Water Quality Improvement is a virtual encyclopedia of state-of-the-art information on the use of constructed wetlands for improving water quality. Well-organized and easy-to-use, this book features contributions from prominent scientists and provides important case studies. It is ideal for anyone involved in the application of constructed wetlands in treating municipal and industrial wastewater, mine drainage, and non-point source pollution. Constructed Wetlands for Water Quality Improvement is a "must" for industrial and municipal water treatment professionals, consulting engineers, federal and state regulators, wetland scientists and professionals, ecologists, environmental health professionals, planners, and industrial environmental managers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|74 pages
General Considerations
chapter Chapter 3|12 pages
Constructed Wetlands and Aquatic Plant Systems: Research, Design, Operational, and Monitoring Issues
part 2|51 pages
Engineering
chapter Chapter 11|9 pages
Performance Evaluation of a Closed Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) Employing Constructed Wetlands
part 3|74 pages
Acid Mine
chapter Chapter 18|7 pages
A Comparison of Local Waste Materials for Sulfate-Reducing Wetlands Substrate
chapter Chapter 19|9 pages
Contaminant Removal Capabilities of Wetlands Constructed to Treat Coal Mine Drainage
part 4|67 pages
Subsurface Treatment
chapter Chapter 26|6 pages
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment in Czechoslovakia: State of the Art
part 5|72 pages
Chemical Processes
chapter Chapter 31|13 pages
Pilot-Scale Nitrification Studies Using Vertical-Flow and Shallow Horizontal-Flow Constructed Wetland Cells
part 6|39 pages
Point and Non-Point Sources
chapter Chapter 38|4 pages
Constructed Wetlands R&D Facility at TVA’s National Fertilizer and Environmental Research Center
chapter Chapter 39|7 pages
Stormwater Runoff Retention and Renovation: A Back Lot Function or Integral Part of the Landscape?
part 7|54 pages
Hydrophyte Considerations
chapter Chapter 41|8 pages
Macrophyte-Mediated Oxygen Transfer in Wetlands: Transport Mechanisms and Rates
chapter Chapter 43|8 pages
The Use of Typha latifolia for Heavy Metal Pollution Control in Urban Wetlands
chapter Chapter 44|11 pages
Growth of Soft-Stem Bulrush (Scirpus validus) Plants in a Gravel-Based Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands
chapter Chapter 45|8 pages
Species-Specific Aeration of Water by Different Vegetation Types in Constructed Wetlands
part 8|54 pages
Industrial Applications
chapter Chapter 48|4 pages
Testing Color Removal from Pulp Mill Wastewaters with Constructed Wetlands
chapter Chapter 49|7 pages
Interfacing Constructed Wetlands With Traditional Wastewater Biotreatment Systems
chapter Chapter 51|4 pages
Mitigation of Landfill Leachate Incorporating In-Series Constructed Wetlands of a Closed-Loop Design
chapter Chapter 52|8 pages
Innovative Marsh Treatment Systems for Control of Leachate and Fish Hatchery Wastewaters
chapter Chapter 53|4 pages
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment at Amoco Oil Company’s Mandan, North Dakota Refinery
part 9|70 pages
Small Systems
chapter Chapter 54|8 pages
Small Constructed Wetlands Systems for Domestic Wastewater Treatment and Their Performance
chapter Chapter 59|6 pages
Constructed Wetlands Wastewater Quality Improvement at Lynnvale Elementary School
chapter Chapter 60|7 pages
Microbial Populations and Decomposition Activity in Three Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands
part 10|56 pages
Case Studies