The Florida Everglades, a wetland of international importance, has been undergoing a significant shift in its native flora and fauna due to excessive total phosphorus (TP) loadings (an average of 147 t per annum from 1995to 2004) and an elevated mean TP concentration (69 microg L(-1) of TP in 2004) from agricultural runoff and Lake Okeechobee outflow despite the use of 16000 ha of stormwater tr...

Dissolved phosphorus (DP) can be released from wetlands as a result of flooding or shifts in water column concentrations. Our objectives were to determine the long-term (1460 d) DP retention and release characteristics of an in-stream wetland, and to evaluate how these characteristics respond to flooding, draining, and changes in DP concentrations. The studied in-stream wetland drains an agricu...

We present and illustrate an approach to evaluate the options for watershed pollutant trading based on the development and application of a comprehensive simulation model. In particular, attention is focused on phosphorus as a nutrient/pollutant, and our illustrative case focuses on a portion of Chattahoochee watershed, between the outflow from Lake Lanier at the Buford Dam and the inflow to La...

Detention ponds and constructed wetlands have proven to be effective in reducing peak stormwater runoff volume and flow, and recent interest has extended to utilizing them to improve stormwater runoff quality. A review of stormwater runoff studies indicated that lead, zinc, copper, cadmium, phosphorus, and chloride are contaminants of primary concern. In laboratory settings, the uptake of conta...

For past so many years wetlands have served functions like providing habitat for aquatic and terrestrial plants and animals, for recreational activities and for treatment of polluted water. Both natural and constructed wetlands gave been used for treatment for wastewater from sewage, septic tanks, agricultural activities, industries, landfills and highways, etc. Treatment of wastewater in a wet...

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Deposition rates were measured by means of sediment traps at five stations in hypertrophic Takahamairi Bay of Lake Kasumigaura for the selected periods of 1981-1986. Separation of deposited fluxes into autochthonous and sediment resuspension components was attempted on the basis of chlorophyll a concentration for the tracer. Even at the central station of the bay, the average daily flux of auto...

There is a risk that contaminants within wetland sediment can either be remobilized or reach the groundwater due to infiltration if the wetland is unlined. This research study assesses laboratory-based integrated constructed wetland (ICW) mesocosms operated in a temperatureand pressure-controlled environment. The wetland columns were filled with contaminated sub-soil collected from the first ce...

European freshwater ecosystems have undergone significant human-induced and environmentally-driven variations in nutrient export from catchments throughout the past five decades, mainly in connection with changes in land-use, agricultural practice, waste water production and treatment, and climatic conditions. We analysed the relations among concentration of total phosphorus (TP) in the Slapy R...

Wastewater treatment in semi-natural systems, such as a hydroponic lagoon operating the third stage of treatment, is becoming more and popular because efficiency organic matter nutrient removal. The article presents an analysis pollutant removal at mechanical-biological wastewater plant Gronów with capacity Q<sub>d</sub> = 1125m<sup>3</sup>/day load 9375 PE. operates on ...