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PLNTSOIL 597W: Constructed Wetlands For Waste Water Treatment

Instructor: Lavigne R.
Semester:  Fall
Lecture: TuTh 4:45-6:00   
Laboratory:
None
Credits: 3

Required Work:
To Be Announced

Course Description:
Aquatic plant selection, sizing, and design techniques. Pollution parameters of primary concern include BOD, suspended solids, nutrients, heavy metals, pathogens, organic. Treatment applications include primary and secondary effluents and sludge; storm water and agricultural runoff; solid and hazardous waste leachates, liquid industrial wastes. Field trips, student projects. Prerequisites: college algebra, introductory chemistry, introductory physics, biology; or consent of instructor.




 
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