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The efficiency and reliability of pollutant removal in a hybrid constructed wetland with giant miscanthus and Jerusalem artichoke in Poland
- Source :
- Ecological Engineering. 127:23-35
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- In this paper, we analysed the pollutant removal efficiency and reliability of a vertical and horizontal flow hybrid constructed wetland (CW) planted with giant miscanthus and Jerusalem artichoke. The wastewater treatment plant, located in south-eastern Poland, treated domestic sewage at an average flow rate of 1.2 m3·d−1. The tests were carried out during. 5-years of operation of the sewage treatment plant (2011–2016). During this period, sewage samples were collected from three stages of wastewater treatment in four seasons (winter – February, spring – May, summer – August, and autumn – November). The following parameters were measured: BOD5, COD, total suspended solids, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus. The average effectiveness of organic pollutant removal expressed by BOD5 and COD was 98.8 and 97.6%, respectively, and the removal efficiency for total suspended solids was 93%. The average values of BOD5, COD, and total suspended solids in wastewater discharged to the receiver were significantly lower than the limit values required in Poland. The efficiency of total nitrogen and total phosphorus removal was 64.1 and 68.1%, respectively, and the average values of these components in the outflow from the treatment plant exceeded the standard levels. A reliability analysis performed using the Weibull probability model showed that the reliability of pollutant removal in the tested CW system was very high for BOD5 and COD (100%). It was also demonstrated that the tested CW did not provide effective elimination of biogenic elements (nitrogen and phosphorus), as evidenced by the low reliability values – 32 and 28%, respectively. The investigated hybrid CW system with giant miscanthus and Jerusalem artichoke removed organic and biogenic pollutants with a similar efficiency as systems using classic plant species such as reed and willow.
- Subjects :
- Pollutant
Environmental Engineering
biology
business.industry
Sewage
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Miscanthus
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
biology.organism_classification
Pulp and paper industry
01 natural sciences
Wastewater
040103 agronomy & agriculture
Constructed wetland
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Environmental science
Sewage treatment
business
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Jerusalem artichoke
Total suspended solids
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09258574
- Volume :
- 127
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ecological Engineering
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b16d54aae24982c39a84f32e86cb165f