Constructed wetlands are widely applied in urban and rural areas for various purposes such as pollutants reduction,
acquisition of eco-spaces and habitats, flooding reduction, acquisition of water resources and environmental education.
Since the design of constructed wetlands utilizes ecosystems, special consideration must be given to ecological
mechanisms, environmental mechanisms and hydrological mechanisms. To ensure the sustainable functionality of
constructed wetlands, it is necessary to achieve stable flow rate and velocity, and remove sediments to ensure sufficient
space for detention. To enhance the efficiency of constructed wetland sedimentation basins, this study determined the
optimal position for baffle installation, and applied Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to the cross-sectional design
of wetlands. CFD analysis revealed that the decrease in flow velocity with baffle installation enhanced the efficiency of
sedimentation of particulate matters. Vertical baffles had higher sedimentation efficiency than those with an inclined
angle. When vertical baffles were installed in the sedimentation basin of a hybrid constructed wetland to reduce
non-point source pollutants in urban areas, the average flow velocity within the basin decreased by 10~30%, while the
sedimentation efficiency improved by 1.3~1.5 times. The application of CFD to constructed wetlands is expected to
improve the cost efficiency of designing hybrid constructed wetlands with high removal efficiency.