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This outstanding new book examines the planning, design, construction, and operation of wetlands used for water quality treatment. Treatment Wetlands is the first comprehensive book to systematically describe all aspects of this new technology. Topics include all major wetland configurations, wastewater sources, and combinations of climatic conditions.
This complete reference contains detailed information on wetland ecology, wetland water quality, selection of appropriate technology, design for consistent performance, construction guidance, and operational control through effective monitoring. Design approaches that can be tailored to specific wetland treatment projects are also included. Rule-of-thumb methods, regression-based empirical design approaches, and rational methods are explained facilitating wetland design based on multi-parameter input conditions.

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• Introduction and Scope: Introduction to Wetlands for Treatment
• Review of Water Quality Treatment Needs
• Natural Systems for Treatment
• Wetland Structure and Function: Landform and Occurrence
• Wetland Soils
• Wetland Hydrology and Water Quality
• Wetland Microbial and Plant Communities
• Wetland Wildlife
• The Effects of Wetlands on Water Quality: Hydrologic and Chemical Design Tools
• Temperature, Oxygen, and pH
• Suspended Solids
• Biochemical Oxygen Demand
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus
• Other

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CHOICE Review

This weighty tome (four pounds!) was written by two professionals--a chemical engineer and a wetland ecologist--who have extensive experience in creating treatment wetlands. As Kadlec and Knight indicate, the purpose of the book is "technology transfer," which in essence presents the state of the art in using or creating wetlands to treat or remove a diversity of pollutants, such as sewage effluent, suspended solids, and heavy metals. A total of 27 chapters are divided into six sections that discuss topics such as wetland structure and function, effects on water quality, planning and designing treatment wetlands, establishing and operating wetlands, and case histories. There is an amazing amount of basic background information about wetlands in addition to the applied aspects of using wetlands for pollution filtration. Figures and tables, including photographs, greatly enhance the volume; excellent references, more than 800 cited. An indispensable resource for both academic libraries and professional consultants. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. W. A. Niering Connecticut College