ABSTRACT
Both practical and theoretical, this book provides the basic principles of soil chemistry, hydrology, wetland ecology, microbiology, vegetation and wildlife as a sound introduction to this innovative technology to treat toxic wastewaters and sludges. The use of wetlands for acid mine drainage, and metals removal in municipal, urban runoff, and industrial systems is discussed. Case histories are also presented, demonstrating specific types of constructed wetlands and applications to municipal wastewater, home sites, coal and non-coal mining, coal-fired electric power plants, chemical and pulp industry, agriculture, landfill leachate, and urban stormwater. Construction and management guidelines are clearly explained, providing information on applicable policies and regulations, siting and construction, and operations and monitoring of constructed wetlands treatment systems. Recent theoretical and empirical results from operating systems and research facilities, including such new applications as nutrient removal from eutrophic lakes and urban stormwater treatment within highway rights-of-way, are included. This book is an ideal resource for wastewater treatment plants, consulting engineers, federal and state regulators, industrial environmental managers, municipalities, environmental health professionals, and ecologists.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section I|118 pages
General Principles
section Section II|144 pages
Case Histories
chapter Chapter 8|17 pages
Constructed Free Surface Wetlands to Treat and Receive Wastewater: Pilot Project to Full Scale
chapter Chapter 10|8 pages
Integrated Wastewater Treatment Using Artificial Wetlands: A Gravel Marsh Case Study
chapter Chapter 11|19 pages
Sewage Treatment by Reed Bed Systems: The Present Situation in the United Kingdom
chapter Chapter 13|7 pages
13a Creation and Management of Wetlands Using Municipal Wastewater in Northern Arizona: A Status Report
chapter Chapter 14|10 pages
Waste Treatment for Confined Swine with an Integrated Artificial Wetland and Aquaculture System
chapter Chapter 15|9 pages
Treatment of Acid Drainage with a Constructed Wetland at the Tennessee Valley Authority 950 Coal Mine
chapter Chapter 17|11 pages
Use of Wetlands for Treatment of Environmental Problems in Mining: Non-Coal-Mining Applications
chapter Chapter 18|5 pages
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment at Amoco Oil Company’s Mandan, North Dakota Refinery
chapter Chapter 20|7 pages
Use of Artificial Wetlands for Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Leachate
section Section III|193 pages
Design, Construction and Operation
chapter Chapter 22|14 pages
Use of Wetlands for Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Disposal–Regulatory Issues and EPA Policies
chapter Chapter 23|8 pages
States’ Activities, Attitudes and Policies Concerning Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
chapter Chapter 25|9 pages
Preliminary Considerations Regarding Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
chapter Chapter 26|11 pages
Selection and Evaluation of Sites for Constructed Wastewater Treatment Wetlands
chapter Chapter 28|6 pages
28a Ancillary Benefits of Wetlands Constructed Primarily for Wastewater Treatment
chapter Chapter 29|15 pages
Configuration and Substrate Design Considerations for Constructed Wetlands Wastewater Treatment
chapter Chapter 30|13 pages
Hydraulic Design Considerations and Control Structures for Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
chapter Chapter 31|6 pages
California’s Experience with Mosquitoes in Aquatic Wastewater Treatment Systems
chapter Chapter 33|11 pages
Considerations and Techniques for Vegetation Establishment in Constructed Wetlands
section Section IV|355 pages
Recent Results from the Field and Laboratory