Modeling pollutant fate and transport in constructed wetlands

Conference · Fri Dec 30 23:00:00 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
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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