Artificial or Constructed Wetlands : A Suitable Technology for Sustainable Water Management / edited by María del Carmen Durán-Domínguez-de-Bazúa, Amado Enrique Navarro-Frómeta and Josep M. Bayona.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- -- --Xochimilco, Mexico, a Natural Wetland or an Artificial One? -- --Victor Jess Garca-Luna, Marisela Bernal-Gonzlez, Federico Alfredo Garca-Jimnez and Mara del Carmen Durn-Domnguez-de-Baza -- Rhizospheric Processes for Water Treatment - Background Principles, Existing Technology and Future Use -- --Uwe Kappelmeyer and Lara A. Aylward -- Use of Artificial Wetlands as Degradation Systems of Recalcitrant Contaminants and Transformers of Energy to Electricity -- --Aranys del Carmen Borja-Urzola, Citlaly Marisol Hernndez-Arriaga, Oscar Hugo Miranda-Mndez, Mara Guadalupe Salinas-Jurez, Marisela Bernal-Gonzlez and Mara del Carmen Durn-Domnguez-de-Baza -- Constructed Wetlands for the Tertiary Treatment of Municipal Wastewaters: Case Studies in Mexico at Mesocosm Level -- --Jorge Antonio Herrera-Crdenas and Amado Enrique Navarro-Frmeta -- Effect of Support Media on Heavy Metals Removal in Constructed Wetlands Inoculated with Metallotolerant Strains -- --Leonel Ernesto Amabilis-Sosa, Arroyo-Ginez-Marcela, Ruth Prez-Gonzlez, Adriana Ro-Sosa, Landy Irene Ramrez-Burgos and Mara del Carmen Durn-Domnguez-de-Baza -- Full-Scale Applications of Constructed Wetlands in Africa -- --Diederik P.L. Rousseau -- Application of a Multi-function Constructed Wetland for Stream Water Quality Improvement and Ecosystem Protection: A Case Study in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan -- --C.M. Kao, W.H. Lin, P.J. Lien, Y.T. Sheu and Y.T. Tu -- Constructed Wetlands Technology in Cuba: Research Experiences -- --Irina Salgado-Bernal, Maira M. Prez-Villar, Lizandra Prez-Bou, Mario Cruz-Arias, Margie Zorrilla-Velazco and Mara E. Carballo-Valds -- -- -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Treatment Performance in Constructed Wetlands with Ornamental Plants: Case Studies in Veracruz, Mexico -- --Mara Elizabeth Hernndez-Alarcn and Jos Luis Marn-Muiz -- Treatment of Wastewater from Livestock Activities with Artificial or Constructed Wetland -- --Jos Marrugo-Negrete, Juan Figueroa-Snchez, Ivn Urango-Crdenas and Germn Enamorado-Montes -- REAGRITECH Project: Regeneration and Reuse of Runoff and Drainage Water from Agriculture by Treatment Wetlands -- --Lorena Aguilar, ngel Gallegos, Carlos A. Arias and Jordi Morat -- Bioremediation of Shrimp Aquaculture Effluents: Artificial Wetlands Potential Use -- --Otoniel Carranza-Daz and Jos Guillermo Galindo-Reyes -- Fate of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Constructed Wetlands -- --Vctor Matamoros and Mara Hijosa-Valsero -- Electrochemically Assisted Artificial Wetlands: Generating Electricity from -- Wastewater Treatment -- --Mara Guadalupe Salinas-Jurez -- Predictive Models to Assess the Uptake of Organic Microcontaminants and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Genes by Crops -- --Josep M. Bayona, Stefan Trapp, Benjamn Pia and Fabio Polesel -- The Role of Macrophytes in the Removal of Organic Micropollutants by Constructed Wetlands -- --A. Dordio, A.J.P. Carvalho, M. Hijosa-Valsero and E. Becares -- Influence of Design and Operation Parameters in the Organic Load and Nutrient Removal in Constructed Wetlands -- --Jason A. Hale and Joan Garca Serrano -- -- -- Design and Construction of an Artificial Subsuperficial Wetland of Double Cell. An Experience in Palmillas, Quertaro Mexico -- --Salvador Alejandro Snchez-Tovar -- Strategies of the Constructed Wetlands Operation under the Perspective of the Global Change Scenario -- --Gladys Vidal, Daniela Lpez, Ana Mara Leiva, Gloria Gmez, William Arismendi and Sujey Hormazbal -- Uptake and Detoxification of Organic Micropollutants by Macrophytes in Constructed Wetlands -- --A. Dordio, A.J.P. Carvalho, M. Hijosa-Valsero and E. Becares -- Glossary

Artificial or constructed wetlands are an emerging technology particularly for tropical areas with water scarcity. For big cities, the sustainable management of water resources taking into account proper use is always challenging. The book presents case studies illustrating the above. As plants and microorganisms are a fundamental part of the correct functioning of these systems, their contribution to the degradation of the organic matter and to the removal and transformation of the pollutant compounds present in the wastewaters is also a highlight of this book.

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