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CE-GY 7723 – Special Topics in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering II:
Wetland Design for Environmental Restoration of Impacted Waters
Fall 2016
Roy Messaros, Ph.D.
roy.c.messaros@usace.army.mil , roymessaros@aol.com , rcm9@nyu.edu
917-790-8247, 201-693-6978 (c)
Lecture Date Topic Comments
1. 9/09/16
Hydrologic Principles
Hydrologic Analysis
Bound Brook 2W Precipitation Data
Hydrology and Floodplain
Analysis, Chapters 1 & 2
Working with Rainfall Data
2. 9/16/16
Introduction to Wetlands Hydrology
Wetlands: Human History, Use, and Science
Wetlands, Chapter 1-Wetlands,
Chapter 2-Wetland Definitions
Reduction and Oxidation,
Anammox/Denitrification
3. 9/23/16
Wetland Hydrology
Hydrologic Simulation Models (HEC-HMS)
Wetlands, Chapter 4-Water Output
HEC-HMS W-1.3, TR-55
Quiz 1
4. 9/30/16
Wetland Classification, Novitzki (1978)
Water Output – Evapotranspiration
Project 1-Port Monmouth Wetland
Mitigation, Wetland Mitigation,
Chapter 6-Water Output
5. 10/07/16
Overview of Soil Formation and Properties
Water Output – Infiltration, Surface Outflow
NJAES, M. Gilbert Material
NJ annual temperature data 2010
6. 10/14/16
Wetland Classification
Vegetation Identification, Hydric Soils
Hydrologic Routing
Wetland Mitigation, Chapter 4-
The Hydrograph
Wetland Indicators
HEC-HMS Hydrologic Routing
7. 10/15/16
The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, NJ
Finderne Farms Wetland Mitigation, NJ
Wetland Walk-About Evaluation
Site Visits
Vegetation (grass, sedge, rush,
trees), Site Hydrology,
Wetland Classification
8. 10/21/16 Wetland Soils - Hydric Soils Indicators
Field Indicators of Hydric Soils,
NRCS, Green Brook Rainfall and
Floodplain
Quiz 2
9. 10/28/16
Wetland Biochemistry
Climate Change and Wetlands
Wetland Hydraulic Design
Wetlands, Chapter 5-Wetland
Soils, Wetland Mitigation, Chapter
7- Making and Using the Wetland
Hydrograph
10. 11/04/16 Soils and Biochemistry
Wetlands, Chapter 5-Wetland
Soils; Wetlands, Chapter 6-
Wetland Biochemistry
Wetland Mitigation, Chapter 8-
Models for Wetland Construction
11. 11/11/16
Preparing Hydrographs for Constructed Wetlands
Uncertainty and Statistical Outliers
Project 2 - Port Monmouth
Wetland Design
12. 11/18/16
Treatment Wetlands,
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
Hammer, ed., 1989

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13. 12/02/16
Treatment Wetlands,
Constructed Wetlands for Water Quality
Improvement
NYS-Department of Environmental Conservation
Moshiri, ed. 1993
Guest Speaker: Christopher Lang
Project 3 – Treatment Pond Design
HEC-RAS
14. 12/09/16 Wetland Hydraulics Working with HEC-RAS
15. 12/16/16 Final – Cumulative Closed notes/book
16. 12/23/16 Tidal Wetlands Jamaica Bay, NY,USACE projects
20-December-2016
Course Grade:
15% Homework/Quizzes
60% Projects (3), 20%/project
25% Final
Course Text Book:
1. Wetlands 4th
ed. (Mitsch and Gosselink), ISBN# 978-0-471-69967-5
Reference Texts and Manuals:
1. Wetland Indicators (Tiner), ISBN 0-87371-892-5
2. Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis (Bedient and Huber), ISBN 0-13-032222-9
3. Wetland Mitigation (Pierce), ISBN 978-0-692-51464-1
4. Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: Municipal, Industrial, and Agricultural
(Hammer), ISBN 0-87371-184-X
5. Constructed Wetlands for Water Quality Improvement (Moshiri), ISBN 0-87371-550-0
6. Field Guide to Nontidal Wetland Identification (Tiner)
7. Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands (1989)
8. HEC-HMS Applications Guide and User’s Manual, http://www.hec.usace.army.mil
9. HEC-RAS Applications Guide, Hydraulic Reference Manual, http://www.hec.usace.army.mil
Site Visit – The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Finderne Farms Wetland
Mitigation:
Presenters:
1. JohnRyan Polascik, The Elm Group, An Overview of Grass, Sedge, and Rush Identification
This site visit/workshop will include vegetation identification, hydric soils, and hydrology.

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Below are four course outcomes to be included in the Evaluation Check for "CE-GY 7723 - Special
Topics in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering II: Wetland Design for Environmental
Restoration of Impacted Waters".
1) I was able to gain design experience working with an actual (real-world) wetland construction
project as well as an opportunity for a site visit to The Great Swamp (a relatively pristine wetland
in Morris County, NJ), and a site visit to the Finderne Farms Wetland Mitigation project (a
constructed wetland in Bridgewater, NJ).
2) I understand the criteria (hydrology, hydrophytic vegetation, and hydric soils) to identify a
jurisdictional wetland and can differentiate between a jurisdictional wetland and treatment
pond/wetland (i.e., non-jurisdictional wetland).
3) I understand the fundamentals for developing a water budget/hydrograph and wetland design
components that include the grading plan/microtopographic features; depth, duration, and timing
(DDT) of the site hydrology and water storage as well as the function of draw down.
4) I developed an understanding for wetlands for water quality treatment and can distinguish
between wetland mitigation, restoration, and creation.