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- Title
Response of Removal Rates to Various Organic Carbon and Ammonium Loads in Laboratory-Scale Constructed Wetlands Treating Artificial Wastewater.
- Authors
Shubiao Wu; Kuschk, Peter; Wiessner, Arndt; Kästner, Matthias; Changle Pang; Renjie Dong
- Abstract
High levels (92 and 91%) of organic carbon were successfully removed from artificial wastewater by a laboratory-scale constructed wetland under inflow loads of 670 mg/m2.d (100 mg/d) and 1600 mg/m2d (240 mg/d), respectively. Acidification to pH 3.0 was observed at the low organic carbon load, which further inhibited the denitrification process. An increase in carbon load, however, was associated with a significant elevation of pH to 6.0. In general, sulfate and nitrate reduction were relatively high, with mean levels of 87 and 90%, respectively. However, inhibition of nitrification was initiated with an increase in carbon loads. This effect was probably a result of competition for oxygen by heterotrophic bacteria and an inhibitory effect of sulfide (S2-) toxicity (concentration approximately 3 mg/L). In addition, numbers of healthy stalks of ]uncus effusus (common rush) decreased from 14 000 to 10 000/m2 with an increase of sulfide concentration, indicating the negative effect of sulfide toxicity on the wetland plants.
- Subjects
WASTEWATER treatment; CARBON compounds; COMPOSITION of water; AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; HETEROTROPHIC bacteria; WETLAND plants; ACIDIFICATION
- Publication
Water Environment Research (10614303), 2013, Vol 85, Issue 1, p44
- ISSN
1061-4303
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2175/106143012X13415215907293