scholarly journals Changes of a Landfill Leachate Toxicity as a Result of Treatment With Phragmites australis and Ceratophyllum demersum–A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agata Szymańska-Pulikowska ◽  
Aleksandra Wdowczyk
Keyword(s):  
Phragmites Australis ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Toxicity Tests ◽  
Ceratophyllum Demersum ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
Leachate Treatment ◽  
Emergent Macrophytes ◽  
Test Organisms ◽  
As Toxicity

Most phytoremediation studies are limited to several of the most common plants and in most cases these studies are performed to a very limited extent. There are also few publications on the assessment of the effectiveness of the removal of pollutants, performed simultaneously with various plants and using physicochemical analyses as well as toxicity tests. Therefore, the conducted studies focused on assessing the removal of pollutants from leachate by physicochemical analyses and toxicity tests. The leachate was collected from four municipal waste landfills of different ages (2 non-operational facilities and 2 active). The studies were conducted for two biological systems: using emergent macrophytes (Phragmites australis) and submergent macrophytes (Ceratophyllum demersum L.). It has been observed that efficiency of biological treatment of leachates with Phragmites australis and Ceratophyllum demersum shows significant differences at lower concentrations of solutions. Even after the treatment with Phragmites australis and Ceratophyllum demersum, the analyzed leachate samples produced a toxic effect on the test organisms. A reduction or no toxicity of the leachate after the biological treatment was observed only in some cases. The observed effects of the biological leachate treatment were not conclusive. Particular attention should be paid to the persistent toxicity, which can pose a real threat to the environment when discharging leachates after treatment.

scholarly journals Biological treatment of landfill leachate: efford landfill, Hampshire, UK - a case study

2019 ◽  
pp. 377-387
Author(s):  
Steve Last ◽  
Jonty Olufsen ◽  
Howard Robinson
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Batch Reactor ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Technique ◽  
Leachate Treatment ◽  
Best Available Techniques ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
N Removal

Demand for of on-site treatment schemes that are capable of treating landfill leachates to highstandards has grown substantially during the last two decades. Increasingly, plants are beingrequired to discharge high quality effluents directly into surface watercourses, or to provide ahigh degree of treatment prior to discharge into the public sewerage system. This trend is certainto continue - primarily driven in the United Kingdom in recent months by the requirements of theEU IPPC Directive, which demands the application of Best Available Techniques (BAT), and bythe EU Water Framework Directive.Aerobic biological treatment of leachate from domestic landfills has widely been shown to be themost appropriate, reliable and successful treatment technique to consistently meet stringentdischarge constraints with minimal operator input. The cost of this technology is also oftenfavourable, when compared with alternative processes. More than 50 plants of this type arecurrently operational in the United Kingdom, making it by far the most widely adopted on-sitetreatment technology, and many other examples exist overseas.This paper provides a detailed case study of the design, construction and commissioning of abiological, Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) leachate treatment plant for Hampshire CountyCouncil, at Efford Landfill Site in the New Forest in Hampshire, UK.Since plant commissioning was completed by the authors during early 2003, extensive anddetailed monitoring data have been collected. These are presented for the plant, which is capable 3 of treating up to 150 m /day of strong methanogenic leachate (ammoniacal-N from 600-1 000mg/1), and are compared with treatment performances achieved at other full-scale leachatetreatment plants. The paper shows 80D5 and ammoniacal-N removal efficiencies in excess of99%.Results also show the efficiency of polishing treatment in a reed bed, before discharge of finaleffluent to public sewer.

Characterization and treatability studies of cigarette industry wastewaters: a case study

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
G. Bozarslan ◽  
S. K. Çelebi ◽  
F. Sengül
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Treatment ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Continuous System ◽  
Cod Removal ◽  
Optimum Dose ◽  
Fenton Reagent ◽  
Cigarette Industry ◽  
Settling Behaviour ◽  
Characterization Studies

In this study, the wastewater of one of the cigarette factories in Izmir was characterized and treatability studies were done. The characterization studies of the wastewater showed that the COD, and the pH changes drastically. The chemical treatability studies of the influent wastewater were done by using Ca(OH)2, FeCl3 and Fenton Reagent. The optimum dose of FeCI3 was determined by jar tests. When using Ca(OH)2, the best flocculation, settling behaviour, and the highest COD removal occurred around pH 11. The optimum doses of Fenton Reagent (FeSO4 and H2O2) were determined. The supernatants of the previously chemically treated wastewaters were used for biological treatment. According to total COD removal efficiencies and the amount of sludge production during chemical treatment, FeCl3 was found to be the most economical and effective coagulant. Chemical treatment units were designed for a batch and a continuous system. The batch system has more advantages than a continuous system in this case.

Novel Biological treatment of Ammonia for low C/N ratios: case study of landfill leachates treatment.

2004 ◽  
Vol 2004 (10) ◽  
pp. 315-324
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Pasanau ◽  
Jens Meinhold ◽  
Michéle Payraudeau ◽  
John Cigana ◽  
Lucie Patria
Keyword(s):  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Landfill Leachates

Tracking Legionella in air generated from a biological treatment plant: a case study of the outbreak of legionellosis in Norway

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet M. Blatny ◽  
Jaran S. Olsen ◽  
Øyvind Andreassen ◽  
Viggo Waagen ◽  
Bjørn Anders P. Reif
Keyword(s):  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Treatment Plant

Research on Nitrogen Removal Performance of Leachate Treatment of WSIP Reactor

2011 ◽  
Vol 55-57 ◽  
pp. 789-795
Author(s):  
Xiu Ju Duan ◽  
Qiang He ◽  
Ya Li Liu
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Orthogonal Experiment ◽  
Ammonia Nitrogen ◽  
Ammonia Removal ◽  
Leachate Treatment ◽  
Treatment Performance ◽  
Biomass Retention ◽  
Nitrification And Denitrification

This thesis put forward the treatment concept of “without Biomass Retention Sequential Batch Intensified Pretreatment (WSIP)” in leachate treatment, for sake of improving performance of nitrogen removal, optimizing excess water’s nutritional ratio and benefitting the follow-up aerobic biological treatment. Based on orthogonal experiment of WSIP Reactor’s leachate treatment performance, Conclusions can be drew: the removal performance of ammonia nitrogen and TN is higher of WSIP, in which short-cut nitrification and denitrification can be realized; HRT, DO and sequential period are remarkable factors of ammonia removal performance, TN removal performance and realization of short-cut nitrification and denitrification; In normal temperature, the most perfect functional parameter of WSIP Reactor is: HRT=4d, DO=0.75mg/L and sequential period is 6h.

The laboratory estimation of the biological effects of organic pollutants

1975 ◽  
Vol 189 (1096) ◽  
pp. 459-477 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Toxicity ◽  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Toxicity Tests ◽  
Test Organisms ◽  
Acute Toxicity Tests ◽  
Animal Community ◽  
Measured Response

The laboratory estimation of the toxic effects of organic pollutants relies on successive investigations of increasing sensitivity. Acute toxicity tests are useful in providing an index of relative toxicity between compounds but are of limited value for making ecological predictions. Many factors can influence the assessment of acute toxicity, with chemical stability of the test solutions and the species of test organisms employed being perhaps the most important of these. Many sub-lethal tests are also of limited value because the importance of the measured response for the well-being of the animal community as a whole is not established. The basic requirements of sub-lethal techniques are discussed, especially in relation to compounds which may exert their toxic action through accumulation in the tissues in the long term. The possibility of relating the toxicity of a compound to its chemical structure is considered.

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