scholarly journals Effect of oxygen states in horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands on the removal of organic matter, nutrients, some metals and octylphenol

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (K9) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
An Truong Nguyen ◽  
Tam Minh Thi Le ◽  
Viet Quoc Tran ◽  
Viet Ngoc Truong ◽  
Luan Thanh Nguyen ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Subsurface Flow ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Endocrine Disrupting Chemical ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Horizontal Subsurface Flow

Constructed wetland is a low cost, effective technology and it is still in the state of improvement to enhance the treatment efficiency, especially in nutrient and trace elements treatment. This study investigated the effect of aerobic and anoxic conditions in Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland (HSFCW) on nutrient, organic, metal and Octylphenol - OP (Endocrine disrupting chemical) treatment. Two HSFCWs were constructed: HSFCW1 with three aerobic compartments; HSFCW2 with two aerobic compartments, one anoxic compartment. The two HSFCWs had the same design parameters (fiters, plants), except oxygen conditions. The results showed that aerobic and anoxic HSFCW may increase the efficiency of Nitrogen removal by 10%, but decreased by 11% in the efficiency of OP treatment (one of the EDCs). The efficiency of treatment of pollutants, including NH4+-N, COD, TP, Mn, Fe, Al and Cu between two HSFCWs were not significantly different; the average efficiency was 99%, 84%, 97%, 96%, 96%, 72% and 73%, respectively. Therefore, the anoxic compartment of HSFCW still provided the effective removal of organic matter, Manuscript received September 29th, 2017; accepted 24th December, 2017 This study was funded by CARE RESCIF under grant number Tc-TTC-2017-05. An Truong Nguyen, Tam Minh Thi Le, Viet Quoc Tran, Trang Huyen Thi Nguyen are with the CARE, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNU-HCM, Vietnam ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected]) Viet Ngoc Truong, Luan Thanh Nguyen, Phi Hoang Tan Nguyen are with the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNU- HCM, Vietnam ([email protected]) metals and octylphenol, but it also improved nitrogen removal efficiency by up to 92%.

Removal of organic matter and nitrogen in an horizontal subsurface flow (HSSF) constructed wetland under transient loads

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 1677-1682 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Albuquerque ◽  
M. Arendacz ◽  
M. Gajewska ◽  
H. Obarska-Pempkowiak ◽  
P. Randerson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Subsurface Flow ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Mass Removal ◽  
Mass Load ◽  
Horizontal Subsurface Flow ◽  
Transient Loads

A monitoring campaign in a horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland under the influence of transient loads of flow-rate, organic matter, nitrogen and suspended solids showed an irregular removal of COD and TSS and lower both removal efficiencies and mass removal rates than the ones observed in other studies for similar operating conditions. This circumstance is associated to the presence of large amount of particulate organic matter from non-point sources. The mass removal rate of ammonia increased 39% as both the water and soil temperatures increased from weeks 1–8 to weeks 9–14. A good correlation between mass load and mass removal rate was observed for all measured parameters, which attests a satisfactory response of the bed under to transient loads.

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