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Performance evaluation of partially saturated vertical-flow constructed wetland with trickling filter and chemical precipitation for domestic and winery wastewaters treatment

Journal

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 71, Issue -, Pages 41-47

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ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.07.045

Keywords

Vertical flow constructed wetland; Trickling filter; Winery wastewater; Wastewater treatment; Nitrification denitrification; Phosphorus retention

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  1. SCIRPE
  2. CIFRE (Conventions Industrielles de Formation par la REcherche)

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The use of vertical flow constructed wetlands (VFCW) is growing rapidly in Europe for domestic wastewater treatment in small communities. In order to improve denitrification and dephosphatation as compared to classical VFCW, the Azoe-NP (R) process has been developed. The process line consists of: a biological aerobic trickling filter as a primary treatment stage, ferric chloride (FeCl3) addition for phosphorus (P) treatment and two stages of partially saturated VFCW. A municipal wastewater treatment plant using Azoe-NP (R) process has been monitored during eight years through 44 campaigns of 24 h time-proportional inlet-outlet sampling followed by analyses of TSS, BOD5, COD, TKN, NO3-N and TP concentrations. The results revealed good performances of the overall treatment. To better characterize the performance of each treatment step, five additional 24 h monitoring campaigns were performed with samples taken from four different points along the treatment line. Results showed a good performance in dissolved carbon removal and nitrification by the trickling filter. The main part of the treatment was found to be done by filtration throughout the first filtration stage. Nitrate removal was achieved principally at the second filtration stage. Phosphorus migration through the first stage and its slight retention at the second stage was observed. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V.

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