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Improving water quality in polluated drains with free water surface constructed wetlands
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Year:
2010
Type of Publication:
Article
Pages:
1478-1484
Authors:
El-Sheikh, Mahmoud A, Saleh, Hazem I, El-Quosy, Diaa E, Mahmoud, Abdallah A
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.06.030
Journal:
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Volume:
36
Research Area:
Environmental Sciences \& Ecology; Engineering
ISSN
ISI:000281339600032
Keywords :
Polluted drain water, Constructed wetlands, Free water surface, Hydraulic loading rates, Nutrient removals, Trace metals, Lake Manzala Engineered Wetland [Egypt]
Abstract:
In Egypt, disposing of partially treated or untreated domestic and industrial wastewater into agricultural drains deteriorates their water quality A growing interest in effective low-cost treatment of polluted water and wastewater has resulted in many studies on constructed wetlands. This study evaluates free water surface constructed wetlands (by far the largest application project is named ``Lake Manzala Engineered Wetland {[}Egypt]{''}) utilized to improve the water quality in Bahr El Baqar drain, which is located at the northeastern edge of the Nile Delta This drain discharges its water into Manzala Lake, which in turn has many fishing activities and is connected to the Mediterranean Sea The full capacity of the constructed wetland system is 25,000 m(3)/day Three various flow rate wetlands were investigated: five wetland beds of high flow rate of 0344 m(3)/m(2)-day, five wetland beds of low flow rate of 0 048 m(3)/m(2)-day and reciprocated cells of flow of 500 m(3)/day. The concentrations of different contaminants along the constructed wetlands system were measured to determine the treatment efficiency The effluent was compared with the Egyptian standards of water quality in agricultural drains (Law 48/1982). Due to the high percentage of the agricultural water drain, the concentrations of contaminants in the influent were relatively low The percentages of removal for the different contaminants were BOD(5)center dot 52\%, COD 50\%, Tss 87\%, TDS 32\%, NH(4)-N 66\%, PO(4) 52\%, Fe. 51\%, Cu center dot 36\%, Zn 47\% and Pb center dot 52\%. The natural vegetation considerably increased the value of dissolved oxygen in the treated effluent There were little differences in the removal efficiency between the high and low flow rates beds in the system Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier B V. All rights reserved
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