Includes bibliographical references (p. 869-943) and index.

Introduction to treatment wetlands -- Hydrology and hydraulics -- Treatment wetland vegetation -- Energy flows -- Air, water, and soil chemical interactions -- Representing treatment performance -- Suspended solids -- Carbon and biochemical oxygen demand -- Nitrogen -- Phosphorus -- Halogens, sulfur, metals, and metalloids -- Pathogens -- Organic chemicals -- Event-driven wetlands -- Evolution of sizing methods -- Design basis -- Sizing of FWS wetlands -- Implementation of FWS wetlands -- Ancillary benefits -- Sizing of SSF wetlands -- Implementation of SSF wetlands -- Management, operations, and maintenance -- Economics -- Modified and combined systems -- Wetlands by application group -- Lists of basis wetlands -- Tracer testing and flow-pattern modeling. "Completely revised and updated, Treatment Wetlands, Second Edition is still the most comprehensive resource available for the planning, design, and operation of wetland treatment systems. The book addresses the design, construction, and operation of wetlands for water pollution control. It presents the best current procedures for sizing these systems, and describing the intrinsic processes that combine to quantify performance."--Jacket.