Response of Removal Rates to Various Organic Carbon and Ammonium Loads in Laboratory-Scale Constructed Wetlands Treating Artificial Wastewater

Authors: Wu, Shubiao¹; Kuschk, Peter²; Wiessner, Arndt²; Kästner, Matthias²; Pang, Changle¹; Dong, Renjie¹

Source: Water Environment Research, Volume 85, Number 1, January 2013 , pp. 44-53(10)

Publisher: Water Environment Federation

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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 Juncus 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.

Keywords: acidification; constructed wetland; denitrification; dissimilatory sulfate reduction; nitrification; sulfide toxicity

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2175/106143012X13415215907293

Affiliations: 1: College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, 100083, Beijing, China. 2: Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany.

Publication date: 2013-01-01

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