Habitat quality assessment of two wetland treatment systems in the arid west: A pilot study
The use of wetland treatment systems (WTS) for treating municipal wastewater is increasing in the United States, but little is known about the ability of these systems to duplicate or sustain wetland functions. The pilot study was designed to examine methods and the usefulness of various wetland indicators for assessing the wildlife habitat quality in six WTS sites throughout the United States and to identify any major differences in indicator values between WTS and non-WTS. The report focusses on two of the sites, one located in east-central Arizona and one in the Carson Valley in Nevada. Habitat indicator data collected in the field, as well as existing data, were summarized and compared with ranges of values for the same indicators from non-WTS. Of the indicators measured, vegetation, invertebrates, site morphology, and birds appear to be the most promising for assessing and monitoring habitat quality in terms of reliability of data.
- Research Organization:
- ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., Corvallis, OR (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5853230
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-222305/XAB
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also PB--93-135614
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
MUNICIPAL WASTES
WASTE PROCESSING
WETLANDS
RISK ASSESSMENT
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
ARIZONA
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIRDS
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
INVERTEBRATES
NEVADA
TOXICITY
WASTE WATER
WILD ANIMALS
ANIMALS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOSYSTEMS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATHEMATICS
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
USA
VERTEBRATES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
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