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Research Article| November 01 2004 Rapid start-up of biofilters for removal of ammonium, iron and manganese from ground water Tamara Štembal; Tamara Štembal 1University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Marulićev trg 19, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Marinko Markić; Marinko Markić 1University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Marulićev trg 19, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Felicita Briški; Felicita Briški 1University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Marulićev trg 19, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Laszlo Sipos Laszlo Sipos 1University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Marulićev trg 19, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia E-mail: laszlo.sipos@zg.htnet.hr Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua (2004) 53 (7): 509–518. https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2004.0040 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Permissions Search Site Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsThis Journal Search Advanced Search Citation Tamara Štembal, Marinko Markić, Felicita Briški, Laszlo Sipos; Rapid start-up of biofilters for removal of ammonium, iron and manganese from ground water. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua 1 November 2004; 53 (7): 509–518. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2004.0040 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex Spontaneous formation of the active layer in biological filters for removal of iron, manganese and ammonium from ground water usually takes a few months. Inoculation of the new filters with well-established filter material is a common start-up procedure. An operational approach for inoculation of new filters using backwash sludge, instead of filter material, is elaborated here. The sludge is obtained from an already well-established biofilter used for removal of iron, manganese and ammonium. This procedure reduces the start-up time of the filters to 2 weeks only. The successful application of the described start-up procedure was demonstrated in two new plants treating ground water of different qualities. In one of these plants, the ground water contained increased concentrations of iron, manganese and ammonium, and in the other, only manganese concentration was increased. ammonium removal, biofilters, ground water, iron removal, manganese removal, start-up procedure This content is only available as a PDF. © IWA Publishing 2004 You do not currently have access to this content.
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