Constructed Wetland Systems as a Methodology for the Treatment of Wastewater in Bucaramanga Industrial Park - Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection

GEP > Vol.3 No.3, May 2015

Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection

Volume 3, Issue 3 (May 2015)

ISSN Print: 2327-4336 ISSN Online: 2327-4344

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Constructed Wetland Systems as a Methodology for the Treatment of Wastewater in Bucaramanga Industrial Park ()

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DOI: 10.4236/gep.2015.33001 4,811 Downloads 7,446 Views Citations

Author(s)

Chukwunonye Ezeah^1*, Carlos Alberto Ríos Reyes², Jairo Fernando Contreras Gutiérrez²

Affiliation(s)

¹Faculty of Sciences and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK.
²Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.

ABSTRACT

Effluent discharges from municipal, industrial, and agricultural activities constitute major sources of pollution on land and water bodies. During the 1990s, large-scale application of Constructed Wetlands (CWs) as a remediation option drew much attention globally from the public and green groups alike. The most common application of CWs is for flow management in river system and little is documented on using CWs for treating polluted river water. This article goes beyond constructed wetlands as a stand-alone methodology to propose an integrated remediation system incorporating constructed wetlands in Bucaramanga Industrial Park S.A., Santander (Colombia), which will form part of an innovation park. In addition to pollution abatement, the project is projected to provide other environmental benefits to the entire Oro River Sub-basin. Other benefits of the project include mitigation of environmental impacts, improvement in water quality, landscape amenity, as well as tourism and recreational benefits.

KEYWORDS

Water Pollution, Constructed Wetlands, Wastewater, Integrated Remediation System, Tourism and Recreation

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Ezeah, C. , Reyes, C. and Gutiérrez, J. (2015) Constructed Wetland Systems as a Methodology for the Treatment of Wastewater in Bucaramanga Industrial Park. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 3, 1-14. doi: 10.4236/gep.2015.33001.

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