Ecotechnologies for the Treatment of Variable Stormwater and Wastewater Flows

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Katharina Tondera, Chris C. Tanner, Florent Chazarenc, Godecke-Tobias Blecken

   Pages 1-6

3. Treatment Techniques for Variable Flows

   • Katharina Tondera, Godecke-Tobias Blecken, Florent Chazarenc, Terry Lucke, Chris C. Tanner

   Pages 7-30

4. Nutrient Removal from Variable Stormwater Flows

   • Katharina Tondera, Godecke-Tobias Blecken, Julien Tournebize, Ülo Mander, Chris C. Tanner

   Pages 31-55

5. Microbial Loads and Removal Efficiency Under Varying Flows

   • Rebecca Stott, Katharina Tondera, Godecke-Tobias Blecken, Christiane Schreiber

   Pages 57-74

6. Metals: Occurrence, Treatment Efficiency and Accumulation Under Varying Flows

   • Godecke-Tobias Blecken, Katharina Tondera, Heléne Österlund, Maria Viklander

   Pages 75-91

7. Emerging Contaminants: Occurrence, Treatment Efficiency and Accumulation Under Varying Flows

   • Katharina Tondera, Godecke-Tobias Blecken, Julien Tournebize, Maria Viklander, Heléne Österlund, Alexandra Andersson Wikström et al.

   Pages 93-109

8. Modelling Under Varying Flows

   • Anacleto Rizzo, Tamás Gábor Pálfy, Nicolas Forquet

   Pages 111-127

This book provides an essential overview of ecotechnologies (also known as green infrastructure or nature-based solutions) which are considered to be relatively resilient to variations in stormwater and wastewater inflow. In particular, it focuses on various types of constructed wetlands, biofilters and ponds. Stormwater flows are inherently variable, due to rainfall events and fluctuations in loading. This variability has significant effects on the performance of treatment systems, but has rarely been specifically addressed in design manuals, performance assessments or modelling. The book’s respective chapters cover the main contaminant categories of interest (nutrients, faecal microbes, metals and emerging contaminants) and their removal processes using ecotechnologies, addressing urban, industrial and agricultural applications. In addition, they review modelling tools with the potential to improve our understanding of flow variability and the ability to simulate and predict responses to it.

• Agricultural Diffuse Pollution
• Bioretention
• Combined Sewer Overflow
• Constructed Wetlands
• Floating Treatment Wetlands
• Green Infrastructure
• Nature Based Solutions
• Stormwater
• Swales
• Treatment Wetlands
• water quality and water pollution
• water quality and water pollution

• Stormwater Research Group, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Australia

  Katharina Tondera

• Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Urban Water Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden

  Godecke-Tobias Blecken

• Department of Energy Systems and Environment, GEPEA, UMR CNRS 6144, Institut Mines Telecom Atlantique, Nantes cedex 3, France

  Florent Chazarenc

• Centre for Freshwaters and Estuaries, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Hamilton, New Zealand

  Chris C. Tanner

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