Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Current Trends in Natural Sciences , cilt.6, sa.12, ss.156-164, 2017 (Hakemli Dergi)
Constructed wetlands, also known as natural treatment systems, are designed for wastewater treatment especially in
rural sections. They are used primarily for domestic wastewater treatments of small communities. Influent wastewater is
treated in specially design basins containing graded substrate material and planted with aquatic plants. Since there are
several physical, chemical and microbiological processes happening in these basins, a special attention should be paid
for design parameters of these systems. Improper design and operation may result in serious failures and malfunction of
the system. Instead of simple or general design parameters, site-specific parameters considering local climate, site
topography, influent wastewater characteristics and locally available materials should be taken into consideration both
to have optimum operation and to minimize the system costs. Proper operation, maintenance and monitoring processes
should also be performed in these systems since the success of the system is not totally depend on design parameters. In
this study, critical design parameters of constructed wetlands were assessed and potential mistakes made in design of
constructed wetland systems of Kayseri province of Turkey were provided and solutions were proposed for already
existing problems.