scholarly journals Effect of filter media and hydraulic retention time on the performance of vertical constructed wetland system treating dairy farm wastewater

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 200436-0
Author(s):  
Deepa Minakshi ◽  
Pradeep Kumar Sharma ◽  
Anju Rani

This study deals with the dairy wastewater treatment using laboratory scale vertical flow (VF) constructed wetlands with the <i>Canna indica</i> plantation over wetland beds due to phytoremediation capabilities. Three laboratory scale VF CWs (CW-A, CW-B and CW-C) each with an area of 0.135 m2 filled with gravel (CW-A: 20 mm; CW-B:10 mm gravel) and sand (CW-C) receiving 0.04 m3 d-1 dairy wastewater were operated for the wastewater purification. Each unit was operated at three hydraulic retention times (HRTs) i.e. 12 h, 24 h and 48 h for assessing its effect on wastewater purification . Among all units, removal rates fluctuated as: total suspended solids (TSS): 64.2–74.5%; biochemical oxygen demand (BOD): 45.3 – 63.1%; ammonium nitrogen (NH4–N): 29.6 – 56.5% and phosphate phosphorous (PO4–P): 20.5 – 57.8% at different HRTs. Increase in HRT showed better removal of pollutants in all CWs. Moreover, maximum removal of pollutants excluding TSS and NH4-N was achieved in CW-B at 48 h HRT. CW-B with similar HRT provided maximum removal of PO4-P (57.8%), BOD (63.1%) and chemical oxygen demand (COD): 67.4%. Increase in the size of filter media, from sand (0.25 mm) to 20 mm gravel resulted in higher removal of NH4 -N from wastewater.

1999 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin M. Karpiscak ◽  
Robert J. Freitas ◽  
Charles P. Gerba ◽  
Luis R. Sanchez ◽  
Eylon Shamir

An integrated wastewater treatment facility, consisting of upper (solids separators, anaerobic lagoons, and aerobic ponds) and lower (wetland cells) subsystems, has been built to replace the lagoon at a dairy in Arizona, USA. The collection sump of the new waste treatment facility collects all dairy wastewater outflow. Wastewater is then pumped to solids separators, and flows by gravity to anaerobic ponds and aerobic ponds. The upper subsystem is expected to treat the water sufficiently so that the wetland cells may achieve further pollutant reductions. The lower subsystem, comprised of 8 surface wetland cells with an approximate surface area of 5,000 m2, receives outflow from the ponds. The cells are planted with cattail (Typha domingensis), soft-stem bulrush (Scirpus validus), and reed (Phragmites australis). After treatment is completed via the lagoons and ponds followed by the wetland cells, the wastewater can be reused to flush barns or to irrigate crops. Performance of the overall system is evaluated by measuring physical, chemical and biological parameters in water samples taken from selected locations along the treatment system. Chemical parameters studied include biochemical oxygen demand, pH, total suspended solids, nitrogen species. Biological monitoring included coliforms (total and fecal) and Listeria monocytogenes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
Siti Roshayu Hassan ◽  
Irvan Dahlan

The performance of modified anaerobic hybrid baffled (MAHB) bioreactor treating recycled paper mill effluent (RPME) was investigated at various organic loading rates (OLR) of 1, 2, 3 and 4 g COD/ L.day. The bioreactor was operated continuously at constant hydraulic retention time (HRT) of a day without effluent recycled and chemicals adjustment/addition. Throughout 70 days of operation, a maximum removal efficiency up to 97% of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and 98% of volatile fatty acid, biogas production of 12.51 L/day equivalent to methane (CH4) yield of 0.108L CH4/ g COD and a stable pH system between 6.6 to 7.2 were achieved. Additionally, alkalinity of the bioreactor system shows a stable profile that indicates the whole system was well buffered with a quit high degradation of volatile solid (VS) up to 18%. These results indicated that MAHB bioreactor has been successfully treated RPME at various OLR.


1987 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.L. Droste ◽  
S.R. Guiot ◽  
S.S. Gorur ◽  
K.J. Kennedy

Abstract Anaerobic treatment of dilute synthetic wastewater (300-1,000 mg chemical oxygen demand/L using laboratory upflow sludge blanket filter reactors with and without effluent recycle is described. Treatment of dilute synthetic wastewater at hydraulic retention times less than 1 and 2 h in reactors without and with recycle, respectively, resulted in biomass washout as the solids retention time decreased to less than 12 d. Reseeding would be required to operate at these critical hydraulic retention times for extended periods. Treatment of dilute synthetic wastewater at hydraulic retention times between 3-12 h resulted in soluble COD removal efficiencies between 84-95% treating 300 mg COD/L. At a 3 h hydraulic retention time, solids retention time of 80 d and stable reactor biomass concentrations of 25 g volatile suspended solids/L were maintained.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nandini Moondra ◽  
Namrata Jariwala ◽  
Robin A Christian

Abstract Tertiary treatment using chemicals frequently prompts secondary contamination of sludge, making additional issues of safe disposal. Thus, vitality and cost required for tertiary treatment of wastewater stay an issue for industries and municipalities. In this study, different microalgal concentrations 360 mL (20%), 450 mL (25%), 540 mL (30%), 630 mL (35%), 720 mL (40%) and 810 mL (45%) were studied to treat domestic wastewater for 11 hours of detention time for both filtered and non-filtered effluent. During the study, removal was observed in Total Solids (TS), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Electrical Conductivity (EC), phosphate, ammonia and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) for all the microalgal concentrations mentioned. 30% microalgal concentration showed maximum removal efficiency among different microalgal concentrations studied. Maximum removal efficiency found in non-filtered effluents when treated with 30% microalgal concentration was 96.60, 91.73 and 84.71% respectively for ammonia, phosphate and COD concentration. However, the removal efficiency increased to 97.62, 92.47 and 88.75% respectively for ammonia, phosphate and COD in the case of filtered effluents. In the case of TSS and EC, removal efficiency reached up to 30.87 and 24.31% respectively for non-filtered effluents while it was 48.00 and 25.88% respectively, for the filtered effluents. One-way ANOVA was also conducted to determine the statistical significance of the study. The study showed that an algae-based system could accomplish a more affordable and environment-friendly way to treat domestic wastewater without tertiary treatment to a desirable limit.


2011 ◽  
Vol 71-78 ◽  
pp. 2852-2855
Author(s):  
Kun Shi ◽  
Ming Zou

The microcosm tests were done to estimated the HRT (Hydraulic Retention Time) and removal efficiency of reflowing treatment of the landfill leachate collected from Dalian Maoyingzi Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, which contained high levels of COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand, 38400 mg/L) and SS (Suspended Solids, 650 mg/L) by the reed constructed wetland located in the south area of Dalian Jiaotong University. The results showed that: (1) The HRT in nature soil cuboids were significant shorter than those in sieved soil cuboids (P<0.01); (2) The removal efficiency among the output water with the trend as follows: Preferential flow (53.9%)<Percolating water (59.2%)<Reflowing water (63.3%); (3) The COD and SS were decreased from 38400 and 650 mg/L to 14080 and 213 mg/L by the way of reflowing with the HSL (Hydraulic Surface Loading) of 0.16 m3/(m2·d) by reflowing (Removal efficiency: COD: 63.3%; SS: 67.3%).


1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (9-11) ◽  
pp. 2101-2104 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Oellermann ◽  
T. Ronen ◽  
V. Meyer

A continuously fed, sequential anaerobic-aerobic-aerobic reactor system was used to treat wool scouring effluent. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) in the anaerobic reactor was reduced from 30500 mg/ℓ to 3000-5000 mg/ℓ. In the first aerobic reactor this was further reduced to 1200-1800 mg COD/l. The final discharge from the second aerobic reactor had a COD of 500-1000 mg/ℓ at a hydraulic retention time of 2-3 d. Nitrification was erratic but sufficient to reduce the ammonia-N to levels of 20 mg/ℓ and less. Mixed liquor suspended solids and volatile suspended solids could be maintained at sufficiently high levels in completely mixed systems and efficient biomass retention in the aerobic rotating biological contactor resulted in an overall removal of 98.4% COD.


2019 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 07013 ◽  
Author(s):  
AL-Saadi Anmar Joudah ◽  
Gabriel Racoviteanu

Effluents from the food industry determine pollution problems due to high COD and BOD concentrations. Compared to other industrial divisions, food industry requires large amounts of water. In this study, MBR was based on submerged hollow fibers membranes functioning by low vacuum. Two phases of bioreactor treatment were carried out with different HRTs (2-8) and (2-24) hours. Sixteen water samples collected from the influent and the effluent of the bioreactor during the two phases. NaOCl compound was added during the backwashing process for all tests, and the same compound was added with mixed liquid for the second test at period 24 hour of aeration. The samples were tested for twelve water quality tests: temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Turbidity, Total Suspended Solids, Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids, Chemical Oxygen Demand, Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Nitrate Nitrogen, Ammonium Nitrogen, Total Phosphate, and Ortho Phosphate. The results indicated that the bioreactor system can be used efficiently to treat industrial wastewater from the food industry. The efficiency of the technology was evaluated with sodium hypochlorite addition to removing the adherent bacteria on the surface area of hollow fibers. The results showed that the bioreactor under the conditions of the second phase was excellent in removing Turbidity, TSS, COD, and BOD5 with a removal efficiency 99.96%, 89.52%, 93.56%, and 99.36% respectively, when added 82 ml of NaOCl in the bioreactor tank, and was a good removing of TP, and Ortho-P with removal efficiency 60.76% and 48.95% respectively. Otherwise, a negative effect of NaOCl on both of NO3-N and NH4-N was obtained in term of removal where the minimum removal efficiency was observed when adding 82 ml of NaOCl under the conditions of the second phase.


Wastewater is directly discharged into the ground or other water sources; it causes soil pollution and it affects the nature of the soil. Hence it is necessary to treat the wastewater before discharging. The objective is to treat the dairy wastewater using Bio Enzyme. Bio Enzyme is produced by the fermentation process of citric fruit peels, water, and jaggery. To reduce the time of the fermentation process, yeast is added into the Bio Enzyme. Then the parameters like Biological Oxygen Demand(BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand(COD), Total Solids(TS), Total Dissolved Solids(TDS), Total Suspended Solids(TSS), pH, Alkalinity, Chlorides and Oil & Grease present in Dairy wastewater after the treatment using Bio Enzyme in different percentages (2%,4%&6%) were found. Then from the results the efficient percentage of Bio Enzyme for treating the Diary Wastewater was found.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (27) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
Kamal Ait Ouhamchich ◽  
Abdelkrim Arioua ◽  
Mustapha Lbayny ◽  
Ismail Karaoui ◽  
Khalid El Habbari ◽  
...  

The wastewater purification is a complicated and costlier operation if it not well chosen. Contrariwise, it could be simple and cheaper if the treatment system respect the environmental conditions and under international standards. To purify its wastewater, Boujaâd City chose to use the natural lagooning system. To verify the ability of this system, our study focuses on assessing the performances of this system to purify Boujaad city wastewater. For this reason, this study is based on the physicochemical monitoring of raw and purified water, both spatially and temporally, to detect and determine the percentage of pollution abatement in this wastewater treatment plant. According to the results, the quality of wastewater treatment plant rejection is conforming to the national and international standards. Here, the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and suspended solids (SS) parameters reached 69%, 66%, and 86% respectively. The results obtained show that the purification operation in Boujaad wastewater treatment plant was adequate.


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