From 2005-09-04 to 2005-09-08

Venue: Ghent, Belgium

Summary:
The conference will focus on pollutant dynamics and control, environmental toxicity and ecosystem development in natural wetlands, controlled flooding areas and constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment. The topics covered by the conference are recycling of nitrogen, phosphorus, carbon, heavy metals and organic pollutants in wetlands, hydrology, water quality and redox reactions, sediment dynamics, modelling of pollutant removal and fate, wetland design and operation, functioning of plants in the wetland environment, assessment and evaluation of ecological effects.

Organizers: Ghent University
Contact Name: Gijs Du Laing
E-mail: wetpol@biomath.ugent.be
URL: http://biomath.ugent.be/wetpol