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Nitrate Removal And Placement Of Floating Treatment Wetlands In The Midwest, Mary G. Keilhauer
Nitrate Removal And Placement Of Floating Treatment Wetlands In The Midwest, Mary G. Keilhauer
School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The Midwestern United States is vulnerable to eutrophic conditions from high nutrient concentrations. Recommendations for nonpoint source pollution management include runoff treatment (i.e., filter strips, riparian buffers) and in-situ lake treatment practices (i.e., aluminum sulfate (alum) treatments, aeration, up/downdraft pumping, floating treatment wetlands). Floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) are an innovative wetland design for nutrient removal from nonpoint sources and provide a unique in-situ treatment. Best management practice studies have commonly focused on adjacent to water practices, which have resulted in a gap for guidance for in-situ treatment placement and design. Therefore, the objectives of this project were to (1) Quantify …