Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 298, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134314
Keywords
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Bioretention; High molecular weight; Accumulation; Microbial ecology
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52070156, 51409209, 31600421, 52070157]
- Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China [2020JM-460]
- Shaanxi Provincial Education Department [17JS097]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2014M562439]
- Shaanxi Province Postdoctoral Science Foundation
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Bioretention is an effective management practice for urban stormwater, but the accumulation of high-molecular weight PAHs in bioretention systems and their impact on pollutants removal and microbial ecology are still not fully understood. This study compared the treatment effectiveness, enzyme activity, and microbial community in bioretention systems with different media amendments, and found that the addition of pyrene negatively affected the removal efficiencies of COD and total nitrogen, as well as the microbial diversity.
Bioretention has been considered as an effective management practice for urban stormwater in the removal of pollutants including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). However, the accumulation of high-molecular weight (HMW) PAHs in bioretention systems and their potential impact on the pollutants removal performance and microbial ecology are still not fully understood. In this study, comparisons of treatment effectiveness, enzyme activity and microbial community in bioretention systems with different types of media amendments were carried out at different spiking levels of pyrene (PYR). The results showed that the removal efficiencies of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total nitrogen in the bioretention systems were negatively impacted by the PYR levels. The relative activities of soil dehydrogenase and urease were increasingly inhibited by the elevated PYR level, indicating the declining microbial activity regarding organic matter decomposition. The spiking of PYR negatively affected microbial diversity, and distinct time-and influent-dependent changes in microbial communities were observed. The relative abundance of PAH-degrading microorganisms increased in PYR-spiked systems, while the abundance of nitrifiers decreased. The addition of media amendments was beneficial for the enrichment of microorganisms that are more resistant to PYR-related stress, therefore elevating the COD con-centration removal rate by-50%. This study gives new insight into the multifaceted impacts of HMW PAH accumulation on microbial fingerprinting and enzyme activities, which may provide guidance on better stormwater management practices via bioretention in terms of improved system longevity and performance.
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