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Sacramento Constructed Wetlands Demonstration Project

Five-Year Summary Report 1994-1998


Virginia Rail (rallus limicola)

Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant

The Sacramento Constructed Wetlands Demonstration Project is a five-year project of the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District  that was conducted from January 1994 to December 1998. The emphasis of the project was on describing how treatment wetlands remove trace metals. Objectives of the project are:
  • Monitor, analyze and describe how treatment wetlands improve water quality
  • Identify what happens to trace metals within treatment wetlands
  • Develop and evaluate treatment wetlands management methods with emphasis on:
    • Vegetation and Biota
    • Wetland Habitat Management
    • Hydraulic Management
    • Vegetation Management
    • Vector and Pest Control
    • Water Quality
    • Sediment Quality
    • Hydraulic Monitoring

Sacramento Constructed Wetlands
Demonstration Project Report

Sacramento Constructed Wetlands Demonstration Project Report Cover (1,582K pdf*)

Executive Summary (283K pdf*)

Section 1 - Introduction (696K pdf*)
Section 2 - Hydraulic Studies (1,898K pdf*)
Section 3 - Water Quality (3,161K pdf*)
Section 4 - Sediment Quality (2,363K pdf*)
Section 5 - Vegetation (1,900K pdf*)
Section 6 - Wetland Biota (1,756K pdf*)
Section 7 - Mosquito Control (1,544K pdf*)
Section 8 - Metals Mass Balance (355K pdf*)
Section 9 - CWFATE Model (320K pdf*)

Appendix A (133K pdf*)
Appendix B-1 (2,497K pdf*)
Appendix B-2 (2,275K pdf*)
Appendix B-3 (2,558K pdf*)

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