Filter media for stormwater treatment and recycling: the influence of hydraulic properties of flow on pollutant removal

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 263-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.E. Hatt ◽  
N. Siriwardene ◽  
A. Deletic ◽  
T.D. Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Pollutant Removal ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Stormwater Treatment ◽  
Filter Media ◽  
Infiltration Capacity ◽  
Detention Time ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pollutant Removal Efficiency

Improved urban water management in Australia is of national importance. Water resources are stretched and urban runoff is a recognized leading cause of degradation of urban waterways. Stormwater recycling is an option that can contribute to easing these problems. Biofilters are effective structural stormwater pollution control measures with the potential for integration into stormwater treatment and recycling systems. However, premature clogging of biofilters is a major problem, with resulting decreased infiltration capacity (and hence the volume of stormwater the system can detain) and increased detention time. This paper presents preliminary findings with respect to the effect of clogging on pollutant removal efficiency in conventional stormwater filter media. A one-dimensional laboratory rig was used to investigate the impact of clogging on pollutant removal efficiency in a conventional biofiltration filter media (gravel over sand). Both the individual gravel layer and the overall multi-filter were highly efficient at removing suspended solids and particulate-associated pollutants. This removal efficiency was consistent, even as the filters became clogged. Removal of dissolved nutrients was more variable, with little reduction in concentrations overall. Although preliminary, these results challenge the concept that increased detention time improves the treatment performance of stormwater filtration systems.

scholarly journals Improving the Treatment Performance of Low Impact Development Practices—Comparison of Sand and Bioretention Soil Mixtures Using Column Experiments

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1210
Author(s):  
Abtin Shahrokh Hamedani ◽  
Arianne Bazilio ◽  
Hanieh Soleimanifar ◽  
Heather Shipley ◽  
Marcio Giacomoni
Keyword(s):  
Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Pollutant Removal ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Column Experiments ◽  
Removal Rates ◽  
Treatment Performance ◽  
Soil Mixtures ◽  
Limestone Sand ◽  
The Impact

Low impact development (LID) practices, such as bioretention and sand filter basins, are stormwater control measures designed to mitigate the adverse impacts of urbanization on stormwater. LID treatment performance is highly dependent on the media characteristics. The literature suggests that bioretention media often leach nutrients in the stormwater effluent. The objective of this study was to analyze the treatment performance of different sand and bioretention soil mixtures. Specifically, this investigation aimed to answer whether the use of limestone and recycled glass could improve the treatment performance of bioretention systems. Column experiments were designed to assess (1) the removal efficiencies of different sand and bioretention soil mixtures and (2) the impact of plant uptake on removal rates. Enhanced pollutant removal was observed for the custom blends with addition of limestone sand, indicating mean dissolved and total phosphorus removal of 44.5% and 32.6% respectively, while the conventional bioretention soil mixtures leached phosphorus. Moreover, improved treatment of dissolved and total copper was achieved with mean removal rates of 70.7% and 93.4%, respectively. The results suggest that the nutrient effluent concentration decreased with the addition of plants, with mean phosphorus removal of 72.4%, and mean nitrogen removal of 22% for the limestone blend.

scholarly journals Effects of CuO NPs on the pollutant removal, EPS and microbial community of aerobic granular sludge

2019 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 01129
Author(s):  
Xiaoying Zheng ◽  
Xiaoyao Shao ◽  
Yuan Zhang ◽  
Mengmeng Yang ◽  
Zhi Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Phosphorus Removal ◽  
High Throughput Sequencing ◽  
Cupric Oxide ◽  
Granular Sludge ◽  
Pollutant Removal ◽  
Aerobic Granular Sludge ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Cuo Nps ◽  
The Impact

With the increasing use of cupric oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs), its potential environmental toxicity has been concerned nowadays. Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) is a special collection of microorganisms. This research studied under long exposure to the concentration of 5, 10 and 20 mg/L of CuO NPs, pollutants removal efficiency of AGS, extracellular polymers (EPS) and microbial communities in aerobic/anaerobic/anoxic (A/O/A) sequencing batch reactors (SBRs). The results showed that COD removal rates was stable, and the removal efficiencies of TN decreased because of the high concentration CuO NPs. On the 45th day, the TP removal efficiency of the reactor with CuO NPs concentration of 10 mg/L and 20 mg/L decreased to 55.83% and 43.72%, respectively. The denitrifying phosphorus removal-aerobic granular sludge (DPR-AGS) had certain resistance to the short-term impact of CuO NPs, and the phosphorus removal ability decreased at the late stage of the impact test. Besides, CuO NPs decreased the stability of DPR-AGS. High-throughput sequencing showed that CuO NPs decreased microbial diversity of DPR-AGS.

Development and verification of a general approach to describe the efficiency of vortex separators in combined sewer systems

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 165-173
Author(s):  
T. Mietzel ◽  
K. Klepiszewski ◽  
G. Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Large Error ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Pollutant Removal ◽  
Attractive Alternative ◽  
Dynamic Approach ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
Pollutant Removal Efficiency

The water framework directive (CEC, 2000) asks for cost-effective measures for achieving good ecological conditions in receiving waters. Because of low operation costs and good pollutant removal efficiency, vortex separators (VS) are an attractive alternative to traditional stormwater tanks. The German design standard for CSO structures, ATV-A 128 (1992), demands long-term pollution load simulations. Today's simulation software, however, considers the removal processes in CSO structures either very rudimentarily or not at all. The higher pollutant removal efficiency of a structure like a VS cannot be taken into account. This might be one reason why VS are used still comparatively scarcely. A mathematical model describing the removal efficiency could increase the acceptance of VS. Several functions describing the removal efficiency have been derived from model tests or large-scale studies within the last few years. Within this paper, the data from three large-scale studies are used to verify the general applicability of one steady-state and one dynamic approach. The results show that the complex processes involved with CSO facilities and the large error related to monitoring make the validation of models a difficult task. Anyhow, especially the dynamic approach was applicable at all considered facilities.

scholarly journals Improving the pollutant removal efficiency of packed-bed plasma reactors incorporating ferroelectric components

2017 ◽  
Vol 314 ◽  
pp. 311-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Gómez-Ramírez ◽  
Antonio M. Montoro-Damas ◽  
Miguel A. Rodríguez ◽  
Agustín R. González-Elipe ◽  
José Cotrino
Keyword(s):  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Packed Bed ◽  
Pollutant Removal ◽  
Plasma Reactors ◽  
Pollutant Removal Efficiency

Filtration Treatment of Pollutants in Urban Runoff Using Expanded Polypropylene Media

2007 ◽  
Vol 544-545 ◽  
pp. 573-576
Author(s):  
Sung Won Kang ◽  
Byung Cheol Lee ◽  
Young Im Kim ◽  
Sang Leen Yun ◽  
Yong Jin Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Stormwater Runoff ◽  
Expansion Ratio ◽  
Pollutant Removal ◽  
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Filter Media

Pollutants such as heavy metals and PAHs (Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons) in stormwater runoff are a major problem in urban areas because these pollutants are discharged directly, in most cases without any treatment, into the receiving environments like river and lake. Since many of the pollutants are associated with suspended particulate materials in stormwater, SS (suspended solids) is of acknowledged importance in stormwater runoff treatment by BMPs (best management practices). Filtration, which is commonly used for removing particulate matter in stormwater structural BMPs, depends on various factors (e.g., filter media size, flow rate, bed depth, filter surface properties, etc). Especially, the characteristics of filter media are important factor affecting removal efficiency of pollutants and replacement period of filter media in filtration performance. In this study, EPM (expanded polypropylene media) as a filter media was manufactured at different expansion ratios (i.e., 5, 10, 15 times) and tested in the up-flow filtration for removing pollutants in urban stormwater runoff. The specific surface area of EPM10, EPM15, EPM30, EPM54 was 0.760 m2/g, 0.799 m2/g, 0.812 m2/g, 0.845 m2/g, respectively. The SS removal efficiency (64.1%) by EPM media was higher than that (44.2%) by sand media. In case of EPM10 media, it took 175min of removal rate of filtration system to be approached under 50% and EPM15 media was spent 110min. However, the SS removal efficiency of EPM15 was over 10% higher than that of EPM10. The CODCr removal efficiency of EPM media was also increased with increasing expansion rate. The experimental results in this work show that pollutant removal efficiency by EPM media was increased with increasing expansion ratio but replacement period of media was decreased. EPM media are expected to adsorb non-biological organics like PAHs owing to its hydrophobicity.

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