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Wastewater Treatment and Control Through Wetlands

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Glossary

Constructed wetland (CW):

Constructed wetlands are engineered systems that have been designed and constructed to utilize the natural processes involving wetland vegetation, soils, and their associated microbial assemblages to assist in treating wastewater. Constructed wetlands offer several additional advantages compared to natural wetlands including site selection, flexibility in sizing, and most importantly, control over the hydraulic pathways and retention time.

CW with horizontal subsurface flow:

Constructed wetland where wastewater is fed in at the inlet and flows slowly through the porous medium under the surface of the bed in a more or less horizontal path until it reaches the outlet zone where it is collected before leaving via level control arrangement at the outlet. During this passage, the wastewater will come into contact with a network of aerobic, anoxic, and anaerobic zones.

CW with vertical flow:

Constructed wetlands where water is fed intermittently on the...

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Vymazal, J. (2012). Wastewater Treatment and Control Through Wetlands. In: Zhang, H.X. (eds) Water Sustainability. Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2466-1_265

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