Constructed Wetlands in Water Pollution Control
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Constructed Wetlands in Water Pollution Control

Proceedings of the International Conference on the Use of Constructed Wetlands in Water Pollution Control, Held in Cambridge, UK, 24–28 September 1990

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Constructed Wetlands in Water Pollution Control

Proceedings of the International Conference on the Use of Constructed Wetlands in Water Pollution Control, Held in Cambridge, UK, 24–28 September 1990

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Constructed Wetlands in Water Pollution Control documents the proceedings of the International Conference on the Use of Constructed Wetlands in Water Pollution Control, held in Cambridge, UK, 24-28 September 1990. This volume contains 70 papers that are organized into 12 parts. Part 1 includes papers such as the need for hydrophyte-based systems in the treatment of waste water from small communities and soil oxygenation in constructed reed beds. Part 2 contains studies on nitrogen and phosphorus removal. The papers in Part 3 are devoted to sewage treatment while Part 4 deals with sludge treatment. Part 5 presents case studies on wetlands, wastewater, and reed bed treatment systems. Part 6 focuses on agricultural waste treatment. Part 7 contains papers on wetland and waste treatment for small populations. Part 8 covers industrial waste treatment while Parts 9 and 10 deal with mining waste treatment. Part 11 takes up the design of treatment systems. Part 12 contains 20 poster papers.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Constructed Wetlands in Water Pollution Control
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. FOREWORD
  6. PART 1. PRINCIPLES
  7. CHAPTER 1. THE NEED FOR HYDROPHYTE-BASED SYSTEMS IN THE TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER FROM SMALL COMMUNITIES
  8. CHAPTER 2. HYDRAULIC INVESTIGATIONS ON PLANTED SOIL FILTERS
  9. CHAPTER 3. HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS AT RICHMOND, NSW, AUSTRALIA
  10. CHAPTER 4. CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN GRAVEL-BED HYDROPONIC (GBH) SYSTEMS FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT
  11. CHAPTER 5. MEASUREMENT AND MODELLING OF OXYGEN RELEASE FROM ROOTS OF PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS
  12. CHAPTER 6. SOIL OXYGENATION IN CONSTRUCTED REED BEDS: THE ROLE OF MACROPHYTE AND SOIL-ATMOSPHERE INTERFACE OXYGEN TRANSPORT
  13. CHAPTER 7. FACTORS AFFECTING REED {PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS) GROWTH IN UK REED BED TREATMENT SYSTEMS
  14. PART 2. NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL
  15. CHAPTER 8. USE OF AERATION TO PROMOTE NITRIFICATION IN REED BEDS TREATING WASTEWATER
  16. CHAPTER 9. REMOVAL OF WASTEWATER NITROGEN IN AN INFILTRATION WETLAND WITH GLYCERIA MAXIMA
  17. CHAPTER 10. PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL BY CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS: SUBSTRATUM ADSORPTION
  18. CHAPTER 11. CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS DESIGN AND OPERATION TO MAXIMIZE NUTRIENT REMOVAL CAPABILITIES
  19. CHAPTER 12. REMOVAL OF NUTRITIVE SALTS FROM TWO DANISH ROOT ZONE SYSTEMS
  20. CHAPTER 13. A TOTAL EVAPORATIVE CONSTRUCTED WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEM
  21. CHAPTER 14. AN EVALUATION OF NUTRIENT REMOVAL BY THE REED BED TREATMENT SYSTEM AT VALLEYFIELD, FIFE, SCOTLAND
  22. CHAPTER 15. THE IMPACT OF AGEING ON THE PURIFICATION EFFICIENCY OF A PLANTATION OF TYPHA LATIFOLIA L
  23. PART 3. CASE HISTORIES AND PERFORMANCE — SEWAGE TREATMENT
  24. CHAPTER 16. "PLANTED SOIL FILTERS" FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT: THE COMPLEX SYSTEM "PLANTED SOIL FILTER", ITS COMPONENTS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT
  25. CHAPTER 17. PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTED WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEMS AT BENTON, HARDIN, AND PEMBROKE, KENTUCKY, DURING THE EARLY VEGETATION ESTABLISHMENT PHASE
  26. CHAPTER 18. DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT WITH EMERGENT HYDROPHYTE BEDS IN FRANCE
  27. CHAPTER 19. REED BED TREATMENT SYSTEMS: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
  28. CHAPTER 20. SEVEN YEARS OF RESEARCH WORK AND EXPERIENCE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT BY A REED BED SYSTEM
  29. CHAPTER 21. PURIFICATION OF DOMESTIC SEWAGE WITH AND WITHOUT FAECES BY VERTICAL INTERMITTENT FILTRATION IN REED AND RUSH BEDS
  30. CHAPTER 22. REED BED TREATMENT SYSTEMS IN ANGLIAN WATER
  31. CHAPTER 23 . THE APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL WETLANDS IN SOUTH AFRICA
  32. PART 4. SLUDGE TREATMENT
  33. CHAPTER 24. SLUDGE DEWATERING AND MINERALISATION IN REED BED SYSTEMS
  34. CHAPTER 25. SLUDGE DEWATERING AND DRYING IN REED BEDS: AN INTERESTING SOLUTION? GENERAL INVESTIGATION AND FIRST TRIALS IN FRANCE
  35. CHAPTER 26. USE OF PHRAGMITES IN SEWAGE SLUDGE TREATMENT
  36. PART 5. CASE HISTORIES
  37. CHAPTER 27. WETLANDS TREATMENT REVIVAL IN YORKSHIRE
  38. CHAPTER 28. PERFORMANCE DATA OF A WASTEWATER AND SLUDGE TREATMENT PLANT DERIVED FROM THE ROOT ZONE METHOD SET AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF DETENTION TIMES
  39. CHAPTER 29. A PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF VEGETATED SUBMERGED BEDS AND FLOATING MACROPHYTES FOR DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT
  40. CHAPTER 30. REED BED TREATMENT SYSTEMS: EXPERIMENTAL GRAVEL BEDS AT GRAVESEND — THE SOUTHERN WATER EXPERIENCE
  41. PART 6. AGRICULTURAL WASTETREATMENT
  42. CHAPTER 31. MEAT PROCESSING EFFLUENT TREATMENT IN SURFACE-FLOW AND GRAVEL-BED CONSTRUCTED WASTEWATER WETLANDS
  43. CHAPTER 32. THE USE OF REED BEDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EFFLUENTS
  44. CHAPTER 33. USE OF REED-BED SYSTEMS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CONCENTRATED WASTES FROM AGRICULTURE
  45. PART 7. TREATMENT FOR SMALL POPULATIONS
  46. CHAPTER 34. A NEW COMMUNITY APPROACH TO WASTE TREATMENT WITH HIGHER WATER PLANTS
  47. CHAPTER 35. CONSTRUCTED WETLAND RESEARCH PROGRAMME IN SOUTH AFRICA
  48. CHAPTER 36. ARTIFICIAL WETLANDS FOR TREATING WASTEWATERS FROM SINGLE HOUSEHOLDS AND SMALL COMMUNITIES
  49. CHAPTER 37. REED BED TREATMENT FOR SEWER DYKES
  50. PART 8. INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT
  51. CHAPTER 38. CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT AT AMOCO OIL COMPANY'S MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA, REFINERY
  52. CHAPTER 39. TREATABILITY ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES BY A PORTABLE WETLAND UNIT
  53. CHAPTER 40. APPLICATION OF NATURAL AND ENGINEERED WETLANDS FOR TREATMENT OF LOW-STRENGTH LEACHATE
  54. PART 9. MINING WASTE TREATMENT
  55. CHAPTER 41. PURIFICATION OF WASTEWATER FROM A Pb/Zn MINE USING HYDROPHYTES
  56. CHAPTER 42. CHEMICAL DIAGENESIS OF IRON AND MANGANESE IN CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS RECEIVING ACIDIC MINE DRAINAGE
  57. CHAPTER 43. IRON AND MANGANESE FRACTIONATION IN CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS RECEIVING ACID MINE DRAINAGE
  58. PART 10. MINING WASTE TREATMENT
  59. CHAPTER 44. METAL UPTAKE AND ASSOCIATED POLLUTION CONTROL BY TYPHA LATIFOLIA IN URBAN WETLANDS
  60. CHAPTER 45. CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS FOR TREATING ACID DRAINAGE AT TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY COAL FACILITIES
  61. PART 11. DESIGN GUIDELINES
  62. CHAPTER 46. THE DESIGN OF WETLANDS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE
  63. CHAPTER 47. CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT — ENGINEERING AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
  64. CHAPTER 48. WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN CONSTRUCTED REED BEDS IN DENMARK — STATE OF THE ART
  65. CHAPTER 49. TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC SEWAGE IN EMERGENT HELOPHYTE BEDS — GERMAN EXPERIENCES AND ATV-GUIDELINES Η 262
  66. PART 12. POSTERS
  67. CHAPTER 50. REED BED TREATMENT OF WASTEWATERS IN A PILOT-SCALE FACILITY
  68. CHAPTER 51. DESIGN OF THE FORT DEPOSIT, ALABAMA, CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS TREATMENT SYSTEM
  69. CHAJPTER 52. SEWAGE TREATMENT BY PLANTED SOIL FILTERS
  70. CHAPTER 53. PATHWAYS AND MECHANISMS OF OXYGEN TRANSPORT IN PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS
  71. CHAPTER 54. THE PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS OF WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEMS — A DISCUSSION
  72. CHAPTER 55. DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF GRAVEL BED HYDROPONIC (GBH) SYSTEMS FOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY SEWAGE TREATMENT
  73. CHAPTER 56. POTENTIAL YIELD AND NUTRIENT REMOVAL BY HARVESTING OF PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA IN A WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEM
  74. CHAPTER 57. WETLANDS ISSUES OF THE FLAT WOODS COAL LEASE AND CARYVILLE INDUSTRIAL PARK II
  75. CHAPTER 58. REED BED TREATMENT AS A WASTEWATER (POST) TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE IN THE POTATO STARCH INDUSTRY
  76. CHAPTER 59. COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON INTERMITTENTLY CHARGED AND CONTINUOUSLY FED HELOPHYTE BEDS FOR DOMESTIC WASTE-WATER TREATMENT
  77. CHAPTER 60. TREATING POULTRY ABATTOIR AND PIGGERY EFFLUENTS IN GRAVEL TRENCHES
  78. CHAPTER 61. USE OF REED BEDS FOR DEWATERING SLUDGE IN THE USA
  79. CHAPTER 62. CONSTRUCTED UPLAND–WETLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
  80. CHAPTER 63. THE HYDRO-BOTANIC TREATMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EFFLUENT
  81. CHAPTER 64. WETLAND CONTROL OF SEWAGE POINT SOURCES OF NITRATE AND PHOSPHATE, SLAPTON, S. DEVON, UK
  82. CHAPTER 65. PHOSPHATE RETENTION IN THE KIS-BALATON PROTECTION SYSTEM — A RECONSTRUCTED WETLAND FOR EUTROPHICATION MANAGEMENT OF LAKE BALATON (HUNGARY)
  83. CHAPTER 66. ARTIFICIAL REED BEDS AS POST TREATMENT FOR ANAEROBIC EFFLUENTS — URBAN SANITATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  84. CHAPTER 67. HYDRAULICS, ROOT DISTRIBUTION AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL IN EXPERIMENTAL WETLAND SYSTEMS
  85. CHAPTER 68. WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM UTILIZING THE EDAPHIC-PHYTODEPURATION TECHNIQUE
  86. CHAPTER 69. OPTIMIZING STRATEGIES IN HYDROPHYTE SYSTEMS FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT
  87. CHAPTER 70. THE USE OF VEGETATED DITCHES FOR WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; A TOOL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION IN WETLAND AREAS
  88. KEYWORD INDEX