Abstract
Abstract Removal of PO4-P, NH3-N, cBOD5, chemical oxygen demand (COD), Escherichia coli, and total coliforms in a pilot-scale hybrid constructed wetland (CW) wastewater treatment system was evaluated. Wastewater was sequentially passed through a mixing cell, an aerobic treatment cell, a P treatment cell that contained basic oxygen furnace slag (BOFS), and an anaerobic treatment cell. The system operated for 8 months at an average flow rate of 68 L/day. Mean influent concentrations of PO4-P, NH3-N, cBOD5, and COD were 7, 25, 27, and 60 mg/L, respectively, and mean influent levels of E. coli and total coliforms were 104 and 105 CFU 100 mL−1. Effluent from the system had 95–99% lower concentrations of PO4-P, NH3-N, cBOD5, E. coli, and total coliforms, and a 72% lower concentration of COD, compared to influent values. Backscatter scanning electron imaging coupled with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectra and elemental maps, along with Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra, showed that P was present on th...
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