Constructed wetlands for treatment of combined sewer overflow in the US: A review of design challenges and application status

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3362-3385

  Tao, Wendong ^a   Bays, James S ^b   Meyer, Daniel ^c   Smardon, Richard C ^a   Levy, Zeno F ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined sewer overflow; Constructed wetland; Event driven wetland; Floating wetland island; Flow mitigation; Green infrastructure; Performance assessment; Permit; Retention soil filter; Wet weather flow

Indexed keywords

COMBINED SEWERS; DESIGN; SEWERS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; EVENT-DRIVEN; FLOATING WETLAND ISLAND; FLOW MITIGATION; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMIT; SOIL FILTERS; WET WEATHER FLOW;

WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN METHOD; INFLOW; OUTFLOW; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWER NETWORK; STOCHASTICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920921167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w6113362     Document Type: Review

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