2011-Components of floating emergent macrophyte tr

2011-Components of floating emergent macrophyte treatment wetlands influencing removal of stormwater pollutantsEcologicalEngineering37(2011)474–486ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectEcologicalEngineeringjournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/ecolengComponentsoffloatingemergentmacrophytetreatmentwetlandsinfluencingremovalofstormwaterpollutantsChrisC.Tanner∗,TomR.Headley1NationalInstituteofWaterandAtmosphericResearch(NIWA),POBox11-115,Hillcrest,Hamilton3251,NewZealandarticleinfoArticlehistory:Received5August2010Receivedinrevisedform25November2010Accepted10December2010Availableonline26January2011Keywords:AquaticmacrophytesConstructedwetlandsCopperEcotechnologyFloatingtreatmentwetlandsMetalsNutrientsPhosphorusStormwaterretentionpondsSuspendedsolidsTurbidityUrbandrainageWetlandtreatmentZincabstractFloatingtreatmentwetlandsplantedwithemergentmacrophytes(FTWs)provideaninnovativeoptionfortreatingurbanstormwaters.Emergentplantsgrowonamatfloatingonthewatersurface,ratherthanrootedinthebottomse