Feasibility for application of soil bioengineering techniques to natural wastewater treatment systems.

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by  Cox, Anthony James.

FEASIBILITY FOR APPLICATION OF
SOIL BIOENGINEERING TECHNIQUES
TO
NATURAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
SYSTEMS
BY
ANTHONYJAMES COX, P. E., B. S. Civil Engineering
Lieutenant, Civil Engineer Corps, U. S. Navy
Departmental Report
Presented to the Faculty of the
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Program
of the Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of
Master of Science in Engineering
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
December 1992
T258461
CJ
FEASIBILITY APPLICATION SOIL BIOENGINEERING
for of
TECHNIQUES NATURAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
to
SYSTEMS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Soil Bioengineering and natural treatment systems, two surprisingly similar
technologies, each have their "roots" in Europe in the 1500's, were both refined in the 19th
century, and were both redeveloped scientifically in the middle ofthe 20th century. Yet for all
these parallels in principles and historical development, apparently no one has attempted to
integrate these two technologies. Without the profound influence oftwo highly competent
professionals, the thought ofusing Soil Bioengineering for natural treatment systems would have
never occurred to me:
• Dr. Raymond Loehr has been a superb teacher, a true mentor, and a good friend. His
adroit mastery ofthe environmental discipline will forever be a model to strive forin my
profession.
• Robbin B. Sotir is a catalytic entrepreneur and a premier champion ofSoil
Bioengineering in this country. Hermotivating insights and ourexciting work experience together
are what brought me to this research topic to begin with. Her assistance in developing this report
has been priceless.
There are several others whose time and effort made this report possible, and I am indebted
to them for their assistance:
• Dr. Wade Nutter, Professor ofForest Resources, University ofGeorgia
• Dr. C. R. Lee, U. S. Army Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS
• Dr. Sherwood C. "Woody" Reed, Environmental Consultant, Norwich, VT
• Dr. C. J. Martel, U. S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory,
Hanover, NH.
• Frank, Bruce, <t}reg, Teresa, Hicham, Dan, and Byron -- my "office bubbas" -- for
support, informal review and proofreading, putting up with my cranky mornings, frantic
afternoons and manure-like lunchtime philosophizing...
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