Ph.D. course, summer, even years, 5 ECTS
Aims
To provide participants with (i) a thorough understanding of the processes of importance for the transformation and removal of varies pollutants in wetlands, (ii) an overview of different types of treatment wetland systems, their applicability and their limitations, and (iii) tools to prepare a conceptual design of a constructed wetland system capable of achieving specific treatment goals.
Contents
The course will provide an overview of the ecology of freshwater wetlands including hydrology, wetland soil biogeochemistry, and wetland plant ecophysiology. The processes responsible for the transformation or degradation of organic matter and nutrients in the wetland environment will be described, and the state-of-the-art in design techniques based on hydraulics and pollutant removal models in different types of constructed wetland systems will be demonstrated. Practical design guidelines and management aspects such as system layout, compartmentation, substrate selection, inlet and outlet structures, plants and planting are given.
Teaching curriculum
The course is a residential block course of one week duration in late summer of even years. Teaching will be through lectures, seminars, theoretical exercises and plenary discussions of real case stories. The students will be required to prepare designs of constructed wetland systems for the treatment of varies types of contaminated water based on case-stories.
Prerequisites
Graduate background in general aquatic or microbial ecology.
Evaluation
Pass/fail on the basis of satisfactory participation in the course.
Organizers
Dr. Hans Brix (hans.brix@biology.au.dk) and invited guest lectures.
Number of participants
Limited to 16
Additional remarks
First priority is given to SOAS Ph.D. students. Teaching will be in English if non-Scandinavian participate.