1. Enhanced simultaneous organics and nutrients removal in tidal flow constructed wetland using activated alumina as substrate treating domestic wastewater.
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Tan, Xu, Yang, Yanling, Liu, Yongwang, Li, Xing, Fan, Xiaoyan, Zhou, Zhiwei, Liu, Changjian, and Yin, Wenchao
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SEWAGE , *BIOLOGICAL nutrient removal , *SEQUENCING batch reactor process , *SEWAGE purification - Abstract
Highlights • Enhanced simultaneous long-term P and N removals in A-TFCW were achieved. • Denitrifying bacteria in A-TFCW accounted for 45.19% higher than S-TFCW (22.14%). • Novel AA substrate could be applied in TFCW for treatment of domestic wastewater. Abstract A tidal flow constructed wetland (TFCW), a commonly applied system to clean wastewater, contains a substrate to assist pollutants removal, while the choice of substrate affects the formation of bacterial biofilms. Herein, activated alumina-TFCW (A-TFCW) with hydraulic load of 1.35 m3/(m2·d) parallel with shale ceramisite (S-TFCW) was investigated for treating domestic wastewater, aiming to enhance simultaneous long-term removal of organics, nitrogen and phosphorus. A-TFCW achieved significantly higher COD, NH 4 +-N, TN and TP removal efficiency than S-TFCW, with the removal efficiency of 85.9% COD, 85.4% NH 4 +-N, 72.8% TN and 96.4% TP respectively. Denitrifying bacteria dominated in both formed biofilms, with higher relative abundance of nitrifying bacteria and denitrifying bacteria in A-TFCW. These results demonstrated that AA substrate was more suitable to be applied in enhancing the removal performance in TFCW for the treatment of domestic wastewater. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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