Unraveling characteristics of nutrient removal and microbial community in a novel aerated landscape - Activated sludge ecological system.
In this study, a novel landscape-activated sludge ecological system (LASeM) was constructed with the advantages of promising treatment, less land need and significant landscape services. Compared to literature, this study provided promising integrated wastewater treatment and landscape for wastewater treatment. This first-attempt study clearly deciphered interactive effect of aeration rate (AR) on nutrient removal and microbial community structure in LASeM. When AR was 0.016m(3)h(-1), the most appropriate removal of COD, NH4(+)-N and TP were 96%, 97% and 74% with the effluent of 14.3, 1.7 and 0.7mgL(-1), respectively, which showed satisfactory capabilities for rural domestic wastewater treatment. According to clone library analysis, Proteobacteria (71%), Bacteroidetes (17%) were found to be the dominant bacterial phylums present in LASeM for biodegradation. In particular, the incorporation of plants altered the microbial community and strengthened capability for the nutrients removal likely due to synergistic interactions among species in the ecosystem.
College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, PR China.
Jun-Ming
JM
Hong
College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, PR China.
Miao-Miao
MM
Hu
College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, PR China.
Rong
R
Sun
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National I-Lan University, I-Lan 260, Taiwan. Electronic address: boryannchen@yahoo.com.tw.
Bor-Yann
BY
Chen
D000388:Air; D000641:Ammonia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D057919:Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis; D029786:Cyperus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D017753:Ecosystem; D059013:Microbial Consortia / Q000502:physiology*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D020560:Proteobacteria / Q000502:physiology; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D062065:Wastewater / Q000737:chemistry
D000641:Ammonia; D009584:Nitrogen; D012722:Sewage; D062065:Wastewater
Aeration rate (AR); Landscape-activated sludge ecological system (LASeM); Microbial community; Nutrient removal