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Wetland Treatment System Performance Data Analysis and Application Advances Featured in Treatment Wetlands: Second Edition

White Bear Lake, Minnesota (August, 2008) - Advances in the planning, design, and performance of wetland treatment systems for water pollution control are featured in Treatment Wetlands: Second Edition (ISBN: 9781566705264, ISBN 10: 1566705266) just released by CRC Press. The combined experience of authors Scott Wallace and Robert Kadlec provides unprecedented insight into the use of these systems for water quality improvement. The completely updated and authoritative 1016-page volume is priced at $129.95 and is available via the CRC Press website at www.crcpress.com. (CRC catalog number L1526). It is destined to be the primary resource for academics, engineers, environmental health professionals, and others involved in the design and application of wastewater treatment practices.

“Factors that affect treatment wetland performance such as hydraulics, internal biogeochemical cycling, and system sizing are paramount in understanding how treatment wetlands function,” says Scott Wallace, Co-author and Senior Water Services Director at Jacques Whitford NAWE, Inc. “This work aims to provide a tool for analyzing the associated performance data and applying it to the engineering design process.”

Treatment Wetlands: Second Edition presents the latest performance-based designs, as an evolution beyond past design methods. The implementation, monitoring, operation, and maintenance of wetland treatment systems including discussions on economics, operational modifications, biosolids wetlands, and wetlands for treating non-municipal wastewaters are included.

Content highlights inlude:

• Detailed information on wetland ecology, design for consistent performance, construction guidance and operational control through effective monitoring



• Performance data of operational wetland treatment systems that illustrate the variety of technical applications



• Wastewater characterization and regulatory framework analyses leading to detailed design and economics



• State-of-the-art procedures for analyzing hydraulics, hydrology, substrates, and wetlands biogeochemistry



• Discussion of methods of configuration, construction, and vegetation establishment and startup considerations



• Definition of performance expectations for traditional pollutants such as suspended solids, biological oxygen demand, nutrients and pathogens; as well as for metals and a wide variety of individual organic and inorganic chemicals



• Ancillary benefits of human use and wildlife habitat



• Extensive and useful reference base of current information



For more information on treatment wetlands contact Jacques Whitford NAWE Inc. at www.nawe-pa.com or call 651-255-5050. Scott Wallace can be reached at scott.wallace@jacqueswhitford.com. To order Treatment Wetlands: Second Edition (ISBN: 9781566705264, ISBN 10: 1566705266) contact CRC Press at orders@crcpress.com, phone 1(800)272-7737, fax 1(800)374-3401. CRC Press is a member of the Taylor & Francis Group.

Biography of the Author
Scott Wallace is a founding partner of Jacques Whitford NAWE (JW NAWE). JW NAWE is an award-winning ecological engineering firm known for its innovative, practical solutions, including the 2005 Grand Award for Engineering Excellence from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). He is the co-author of Treatment Wetlands, 2nd Edition; the definitive textbook on wetland treatment systems. He was also Principal Investigator for Small-Scale Constructed Wetland Treatment Systems; Feasibility, Design Criteria, and O&M Requirements on behalf of the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF).

Mr. Wallace specializes in the design of ecological systems including constructed wetlands, decentralized wastewater systems, stream bank stabilization, and control of nonpoint source pollution. He has extensive experience in both municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. Scott has additional experience in wastewater treatment plant operation, laboratory analysis, groundwater monitoring, and wetland delineation. The author of papers in numerous technical publications, Scott and currently holds one Canadian and four U.S. patents for wastewater treatment processes, including Forced Bed Aeration™. He has designed over 200 wastewater treatment systems, the majority of which involve wetlands. Scott Wallace can be reached at 651-255-5050 (office), or scott.wallace@jacqueswhitford.com

For more information contact Jacques Whitford NAWE Inc. 4444 Centerville Road, Suite 140, White Bear Lake, MN 55127, 651-255-5050 (office), 651-255-5060 (fax), www.nawe-pa.com