Dip EducationBScience (Hons), PhD
Director EcoCentre, lecturer in Environmental Enginering
Contact details for Associate Professor Margaret Greenway
Research expertise
- Stormwater: Role of constructed wetlands, ponds , vegetated swales and bioretention systems in improving stormwater quality and ecosystem health
- Wastewater: Constructed wetlands for waste water treatment and water reuse
- Mosquito management in constructed wetlands
- Role of plants in water quality improvement and bioaccumulation of nutrient
- Nutrient dynamics and water regimes of Melaleuca wetlands
- Phytoremediation of contaminated sites
Current teaching areas
- Environmental Microbiology and Ecology
- Wetland Systems in Environmental Management
- Management of Biological Resources
- Aquatic Ecosystems
- Ecological Theory and Practice
Publications
Books
- Pollard, P., Leeming, R., Bagraith, S., Greenway, M., Ashbolt, N. (2004). The Impact of Sewage Overflows on an Urban Creek: A Case Study of Lota Creek in Brisbane. QNRM Australia Publication.
- Sinha, R.K. and Greenway, M. (2004). Green Technologies for Environmental Management and Sustainable Development. Pointer Publishers, Jaipur, India. ISBN 81‑7132‑375‑8.
Book chapter
- Greenway, M. (2006). The Role of Macrophytes in Nutrient Removal Using Constructed Wetlands. In: Environmental Bioremediation Technologies. Singh S.N. and Tripathi R.D (eds). Publisher Springer, Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg 320pp ISBN: 3-540-34790-9
- Vymazal, J., Greenway, M., Tonderski, K., Brix, H. and Mander, U., 2006. Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment. In: Wetlands and Natural Resources Management , J.T.A. Verhoeven, B. Beltman, R. Bobbink and D.F. Whigham (eds.), Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, Ecological Studies Vol. 190, pp. 69-96.
Journals
- Jenkins, G. and Greenway, M. (2005). The hydraulic efficiency of fringing vegetation in constructed wetlands. Ecological Engineering 25:61-72.
- Greenway, M. (2005). The role of constructed wetlands in effluent treatment and water reuse in subtropical and arid Australia. Ecological Engineering .25:501-509
- Pollard, P.C., Leeming, R., Bagraith, S., Greenway, M. and Ashbolt, N. (2005). Impacts of sewage overflows on an urban creek. Water 32(1), 27-32.
- Pollard, P.C., Leeming, R., Bagraith, S., Greenway, M. and Ashbolt, N. (2005). Impacts of sewage overflows on an urban creek. Water 32(1), 27-32.
- Phillips, I.R., Greenway, M. and Robertson, S. (2004). Use of phytocaps in remediation of closed landfills - correct selection of soil materials. Land Contamination and Reclamation 12(4), 339-348.
- Greenway, M., 2004. Constructed wetlands for water pollution control - processes, parameters and performance. Dev. Chem. Eng. Miner. Proc., 12(5/6): 1-14.
- Larsen, E. and M. Greenway, 2004. Quantification of biofilms in a subsurface flow wetland and their role in nutrient removal. Water Sci. Technol., 49(11-12): 115-122.
- Greenway, M., Dale., and Chapman, H. (2003) An assessment of mosquito breeding and control in 4 surface flow wetlands in tropical-subtropical Australia. Water Sci. Technol. 48(5): 249-256.
- Browning, K. and Greenway, M. (2003) Nutrient removal and plant growth in a sub-surface flow constructed wetland in Brisbane, Australia. Water Sci. Technol. 48(5): 183-190.
- Greenway, M. (2003) Suitability of macrophytes for nutrient removal from surface flow constructed wetlands receiving secondary treated effluent in Queensland Australia. Water Sci. Technol. 48(2): 121-128.