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Re-circulating water from constructed wetlands topic of Physics/Geosciences Brown Bag Lecture Thursday, Nov. 3

KINGSVILLE (October 27, 2005) — The public is invited to bring a lunch and attend a free Physics/Geosciences Brown Bag Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 3, at noon in room 140 of Manning Hall on the Texas A&M-Kingsville campus.

Dr. Kim D. Jones, P.E., associate professor and chair of environmental engineering and interim director of the South Texas Environmental Institute, will deliver a lecture on “Sequential Treatment of Aquaculture Effluent Using Variable Water Depth in a Constructed Wetland.”

He will speak about the re-circulating aquaculture-wetland system, where effluent is filtered through a constructed wetland and re-circulated back into aquaculture production ponds. Referenced in the talk will be the Loma Alta Shrimp Aquaculture Facility, located on the El Sauz Ranch in South Texas, which has been a leader in the application of this innovative water reuse system.

Jones started as an assistant professor at A&M-Kingsville in 1999. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in environmental engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an M.S. in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in general engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Some of his research projects at A&M-Kingsville include bay debris collection systems designs for Corpus Christi Bay and biofilter applications for emission control and composting research and compost product optimization for the city of Brownsville.

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