Review of experimental procedures and modelling techniques for flow behaviour and their relation to residence time in constructed wetlands

R Stephenson, C Sheridan - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Accurate modelling of constructed wetlands is vital for furthering the use of these systems.
Constructed wetlands can treat various types of wastewater, including domestic wastewater …

What controls the transition from confined to unconfined flow? Analysis of hydraulics in a coastal river delta

M Hiatt, P Passalacqua - Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Recent field work at the Wax Lake Delta (WLD) in coastal Louisiana indicates lateral outflow
from channels to islands upstream of the receiving basin; in this region of the delta the flow …

Aquatic interfaces: a hydrodynamic and ecological perspective

A Marion, V Nikora, S Puijalon, T Bouma… - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Ecologically-appropriate management of natural and constructed surface water bodies has
become increasingly important given the growing anthropogenic pressures, statutory …

Channel‐island connectivity affects water exposure time distributions in a coastal river delta

M Hiatt, E Castañeda‐Moya, R Twilley… - Water Resources …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The exposure time is a water transport time scale defined as the cumulative amount of time a
water parcel spends in the domain of interest regardless of the number of excursions from …

Integrating connectivity into hydrodynamic models: An automated open‐source method to refine an unstructured mesh using remote sensing

K Wright, P Passalacqua, M Simard… - Journal of Advances in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrodynamic models are an essential tool for studying the movement of water and other
materials across the Earth surface. However, models remain limited by practical constraints …

Hydrological connectivity in vegetated river deltas: The importance of patchiness below a threshold

K Wright, M Hiatt, P Passalacqua - Geophysical Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrological connectivity in coastal deltas is important for delivering flow, sediment, and
nutrients to the island interiors. The roughness of island vegetation limits connectivity, but …

Influence of clogging and resting processes on flow patterns in vertical flow constructed wetlands

G Hua, J Kong, Y Ji, M Li - Science of The Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Vertical flow constructed wetlands are widely used for removing pollutants from wastewater.
Substrate clogging is an operational challenge of constructed wetlands, which can result in …

Water circulation driven by cold fronts in the wax lake delta (Louisiana, USA)

Q Zhang, C Li, W Huang, J Lin, M Hiatt… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Atmospheric cold fronts can periodically generate storm surges and affect sediment
transport in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM). In this paper, we evaluate water circulation …

Variation in contaminant removal efficiency in free-water surface wetlands with heterogeneous vegetation density

N Sabokrouhiyeh, A Bottacin-Busolin, M Tregnaghi… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The interaction between flow and vegetation in constructed wetlands plays a major role in
determining wetland performance. In this study, a two-dimensional depth-averaged model …

A numerical study of the effect of wetland shape and inlet-outlet configuration on wetland performance

N Sabokrouhiyeh, A Bottacin-Busolin, J Savickis… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The hydraulic efficiency of wetlands for wastewater treatment was investigated as a function
of wetland shape and vegetation density using a 2D depth-averaged numerical model. First …