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Constructed Floating Wetlands are an emerging treatment wetland option especially well-suited for existing lentic water bodies, such as stormwater ponds. They provide water quality improvement and habitat simultaneously, however the extent to which they deliver these ecosystem services has not been well determined. We work to quantify rates of water quality improvement as well as habitat provisioning in these unique anthropogenic ecosystems. Additionally, we are focused on creating the next generation of constructed floating wetlands, free of plastics and other non-renewable materials.
Illustration by Maggie Pelton
Publications (*graduate student, undergraduate student, +postdoctoral author):
Landaverde AC*, SA White, WHJ Strosnider (Accepted, In Revision) Salinity and nutrient uptake potential of two plant species in constructed floating wetlands. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution.
Awad J, Walker C, D Page, M Arslan, SA White, T Lucke, S Beecham, RJ Winston, WHJ Strosnider, P Nicodemus, C Streb, J van Leeuwen. (2025) Assessing the costs of constructed floating wetlands (CFWs) for the treatment of surface waters and wastewater. ACS ES&T Water. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.5c00439
Escamilla C*, DR Tyrpak, WHJ Strosnider, SA White (2025) Basil and Swiss chard: edible crops for use in floating treatment wetlands improving agricultural runoff. Ecological Engineering 213:107546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2025.107546
Landaverde AC*, WHJ Strosnider, SA White (2024) Plant suitability for floating treatment wetland applications in brackish waters. Ecological Engineering 200:107183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107183
Dekle J*, WHJ Strosnider, SA White (2024) Phosphorus uptake and release patterns in overwintering constructed floating wetlands. Water Science and Technology 89(3):588. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2024.010
Strosnider WHJ, SE Schultz, KA Johnson Strosnider, RW Nairn (2017) Effects on the underlying water column by extensive floating treatment wetlands. Journal of Environmental Quality 46: 201-209. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2016.07.0257
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