Journal
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 72, Issue 4, Pages 651-657Publisher
IWA PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.254
Keywords
bio-augmentation; constructed wetland; OLAND; sewage; UASB
Funding
- NEW INDIGO ERA-NET
- University Grants Commission's junior research fellowship, Government of India
- Research Foundation Flanders (FWO Vlaanderen)
- strategic basic research of the IWT (Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology)
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The present study evaluates effectiveness of up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor followed by two post-anaerobic treatment options, namely free-surface, up-flow constructed wetland (FUP-CW) and oxygen-limited anaerobic nitrification/denitrification (OLAND) processes in treating sewage from the peri-urban areas in India receiving illegal industrial infiltrations. The UASB studies yielded robust results towards fluctuating strength of sewage and consistently removed 87-98% chemical oxygen demand (COD) at a hydraulic retention time of 1.5-2 d. The FUP-CW removed 68.5 +/- 13% COD, 68 +/- 3% NH4+-N, 38 +/- 5% PO43--P, 97.6 +/- 5% suspended particles and 97 +/- 13% fecal coliforms. Nutrient removal was found to be limiting in FUP-CW, especially in winter. Nitrogen removal in the OLAND process were 100 times higher than the FUP-CW process. Results show that UASB followed by FUP-CW can be an excellent, decentralized sewage treatment option, except during winter when nutrient removal is limited in FUP-CW. Hence, the study proposes bio-augmentation of FUP-CW with OLAND biomass for overall improvement in the performance of UASB followed by FUP-CW process.
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