Modeling pollutant fate and transport in constructed wetlands

Conference · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:82795

Brown, R T; Field, J J; Zanoli, M J ^[1]; Crites, R W ^[2]

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1. Jones and Stokes Associates, Sacramento, CA (United States)
2. Nolte and Associates, Sacramento, CA (United States)

The Constructed Wetlands Fate and Aquatic Transport Evaluation Model (CWFATE) was developed to evaluate alternative design and operations of the constructed wetlands treatment system (CWTS) at the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant in Elk Grove, California. The model simulates the daily fate and transport of metals and other influent pollutants in an effort to predict CWTS effluent concentrations, removal efficiency, and long-term bioaccumulation of pollutants in sediment, vegetation, organic material, and aquatic organisms. Due to the difficulty of obtaining scientific information for model verification, final calibration is postponed until further field data become available.

• OSTI ID: 82795
• Report Number(s): CONF-940789-; ISBN 0-7844-0031-8; TRN: IM9533%%253
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Society of Civil Engineers 1994 National Council on Environmental Engineering (NCEE) conference on critical issues in water and waste water treatment, Boulder, CO (United States), 11-13 Jul 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Critical issues in water and wastewater treatment. Proceedings of the 1994 national conference on environmental engineering; Ryan, J.N.; Edwards, M. [eds.] [Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering]; PB: 824 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
WETLANDS
WATER POLLUTION
CALIFORNIA
METALS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
POLLUTANTS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION