title: Decentralized domestic wastewater treatment using intermittently aerated vertical flow constructed wetlands: impact of influent strengths.
abstract: In this study, the removal performances of organic pollutants and nitrogen in vertical flow constructed wetlands (VFCWs) with and without intermittent aeration fed with different strengths of influent were evaluated as a possible treatment for decentralized domestic wastewater in northern China. The intermittent aeration strategy not only significantly increased removal efficiencies of organic pollutants and ammonium nitrogen (NH4(+)-N), but also successfully created alternate aerobic and anaerobic conditions resulting in high total nitrogen (TN) removal. Moreover, increasing influent strength did not affect the removal efficiencies of organic matters and nitrogen in aerated VFCWs. Compared with non-aerated VFCWs, much higher removal of organic pollutants (96%), NH4(+)-N (98%), and TN (85%) was obtained simultaneously in intermittent aeration VFCWs, especially at high influent strengths. The results suggest that the intermittent aeration could be an appropriate strategy for achieving the high removal performance in VFCWs, especially for in-situ treatment of high strength decentralized domestic wastewaters.
authors.affiliation: College of Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China; Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Haiming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Laboratory of Coal-Fired Pollutants Emission Reduction, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, PR China.
authors.forename: Jinlin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China. Electronic address: zhangjian00@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia.
authors.forename: Huu Hao
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.affiliation: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia.
authors.forename: Wenshan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D058440:Denitrification; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D062065:Wastewater / Q000737:chemistry*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D053833:Wetlands
chemical_list: D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen; D062065:Wastewater; D014873:Water Pollutants
keywords: Denitrification; Intermittent aeration; Nitrification; Nitrogen removal; Vertical flow constructed wetlands