Abstract

In this study, different dosages of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) were used to improve the nitrogen removal efficiency in CWs under different C/N ratios and dye stress conditions. The addition of nZVI enhanced the dye and nitrogen removal efficiencies in constructed wetlands (CWs) through chemical reduction and biological denitrification processes. However, total nitrogen (TN) and dye removal efficiencies firstly increased and then decreased with the increases of the nZVI dosage and influent COD/N (C/N) ratio. Under the influent C/N ratio of 5, the higher TN removal efficiencies (80.2%, 55.1%, and 69.14% under 25 mg/L, 50 mg/L, and 75 mg/L dye concentration, respectively) and higher COD removal efficiencies (48.3%, 74.95%, and 30.76% under 25 mg/L, 50 mg/L, and 75 mg/L dye concentration, respectively) were obtained in CWs by adding the optimal nZVI dosage (0.1 g/L). The dye removal efficiencies in CWs with nZVI at C/N = 1 (75%–91%) and at C/N = 5 (81%–97%) were all significantly higher than that in CWs without nZVI (60%–82%). Moreover, the functional bacteria for nitrogen removal in denitrification and the dye degradation (Zoogloea and Acinetobacter) were enriched in CWs with 0.1 g/L nZVI.

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