Abstract
The technology for using constructed wetlands in effluent treatment, stormwater and diffuse runoff is now well established. Wetland formats in variations of free-water surface, horizontal-flow submerged, vertical-flow and hybrid configurations are commonly used in domestic, industrial and agricultural aqueous waste applications. An application that has not been extensively investigated, however, is the use of wetland systems for vapor-phase, foliar uptake, pollutant management. The "Biofilter/Biofilm" concept, integral to constructed wetland systems treating aqueous wastewaters, may be equally important in treating gaseous-phase atmospheric pollutants using "Vegetated Biofilter" or suspended, non-inundated, wetland components for gaseous pollutant management. This approach has been applied in a limited number of applications and is being used in the development of a pollutant management system for a semi-commercial biogas digester installation. The concept is proposed to be an "unintended" beneficial environmental service provided by numerous vegetated architectural and green-space installations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 16th IWA International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control, 30 September – 4 October 2018, Valencia, Spain |
| Publisher | International Water Association |
| Pages | 01-0152-01-0152 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Event | International Specialist Conference on Wetland Systems in Water Pollution Control - Duration: 1 Jan 2018 → … |
Conference
| Conference | International Specialist Conference on Wetland Systems in Water Pollution Control |
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| Period | 1/01/18 → … |
Keywords
- wetlands
- gases
- pollutants
- plants
