Specialist Group on Use of Macrophytes in Water Pollution ... - IWA

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
Dear Members,
I am happy to announce that the 13th Biennial Conference on Wetland Systems in Water
Pollution Control has been approved by IWA headquarters and the conference will take place
at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, on 25–29 November 2012. I had a chance
to participate in the conference on Integrated Water Management this February organized by
Murdoch University and it was a great event. I have no doubts that our conference next year
will be a success as well. The first announcement for this conference is on pages 4–7.
It is apparent that the information on constructed treatment wetlands published in
international journals is still growing and at this point I would like to draw your attention to
three recently published journal special issues which contain papers on the use of wetlands
for water quality improvement:
Special Issue of Ecological Engineering: Enhancing ecosystem services on the landscape
with created, constructed and restored wetlands
Volume 37, Issue 1, pages 1–98 (January 2011)
(based on papers presented during the INTECOL Wetland Conference in Cuiabá, Brazil,
2008), edited by Jan Vymazal
Special Issue of Ecological Engineering: Advances in pollutant removal processes and
fate in natural and constructed wetlands
Volume 37, Issue 5, pages 663–806 (May 2011)
Based on papers presented during the WETPOL Conference in 2009 in Barcelona, Spain,
edited by Joan García.
Special issue of International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry:
Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control
Volume 91, Issue 7 and 8, pages 599–810 (2011)
Based on papers presented during the WETPOL Conference in 2009 in Barcelona, Spain,
edited by Josep M. Bayona
Jan Vymazal
<strong>Group</strong> Chair
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