scholarly journals Aquatic Macrophytes in Constructed Wetlands: A Fight against Water Pollution

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9202
Author(s):  
Leticia Y. Kochi ◽  
Patricia L. Freitas ◽  
Leila T. Maranho ◽  
Philippe Juneau ◽  
Marcelo P. Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Constructed Wetlands ◽  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Aquatic Macrophytes ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Pharmaceutical Products ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Ecological Problem ◽  
Artificial Wetlands

There is growing concern among health institutions worldwide to supply clean water to their populations, especially to more vulnerable communities. Although sewage treatment systems can remove most contaminants, they are not efficient at removing certain substances that can be detected in significant quantities even after standard treatments. Considering the necessity of perfecting techniques that can remove waterborne contaminants, constructed wetland systems have emerged as an effective bioremediation solution for degrading and removing contaminants. In spite of their environmentally friendly appearance and efficiency in treating residual waters, one of the limiting factors to structure efficient artificial wetlands is the choice of plant species that can both tolerate and remove contaminants. For sometimes, the chosen plants composing a system were not shown to increase wetland performance and became a problem since the biomass produced must have appropriated destination. We provide here an overview of the use and role of aquatic macrophytes in constructed wetland systems. The ability of plants to remove metals, pharmaceutical products, pesticides, cyanotoxins and nanoparticles in constructed wetlands were compared with the removal efficiency of non-planted systems, aiming to evaluate the capacity of plants to increase the removal efficiency of the systems. Moreover, this review also focuses on the management and destination of the biomass produced through natural processes of water filtration. The use of macrophytes in constructed wetlands represents a promising technology, mainly due to their efficiency of removal and the cost advantages of their implantation. However, the choice of plant species composing constructed wetlands should not be only based on the plant removal capacity since the introduction of invasive species can become an ecological problem.

Kinetics and Removal Efficiency of Nitrogen in Constructed Wetlands Cultivated with Different Plant Species for Treating Swine Wastewater Applied at Different Rates

2021 ◽  
Vol 232 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fátima Resende Luiz Fia ◽  
Antonio Teixeira de Matos ◽  
Ronaldo Fia ◽  
Mateus Pimentel de Matos ◽  
Alisson Carraro Borges ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Constructed Wetlands ◽  
Swine Wastewater

scholarly journals Aquatic macrophytes can be used for wastewater polishing but not for purification in constructed wetlands

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 755-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingying Tang ◽  
Sarah F. Harpenslager ◽  
Monique M. L. van Kempen ◽  
Evi J. H. Verbaarschot ◽  
Laury M. J. M. Loeffen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Constructed Wetlands ◽  
Aquatic Macrophytes ◽  
Nutrient Dynamics ◽  
Nutrient Loading ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Ceratophyllum Demersum ◽  
Nutrient Distribution ◽  
Azolla Filiculoides ◽  
Sediment Types

Abstract. The sequestration of nutrients from surface waters by aquatic macrophytes and sediments provides an important service to both natural and constructed wetlands. While emergent species take up nutrients from the sediment, submerged and floating macrophytes filter nutrients directly from the surface water, which may be more efficient in constructed wetlands. It remains unclear, however, whether their efficiency is sufficient for wastewater purification and how plant species and nutrient loading affects nutrient distribution over plants, water and sediment. We therefore determined nutrient removal efficiencies of different vegetation (Azolla filiculoides, Ceratophyllum demersum and Myriophyllum spicatum) and sediment types (clay, peaty clay and peat) at three nutrient input rates, in a full factorial, outdoor mesocosm experiment. At low loading (0.43 mg P m−2 d−1), plant uptake was the main pathway (100 %) for phosphorus (P) removal, while sediments showed a net P release. A. filiculoides and M. spicatum showed the highest biomass production and could be harvested regularly for nutrient recycling, whereas C. demersum was outcompeted by spontaneously developing macrophytes and algae. Higher nutrient loading only stimulated A. filiculoides growth. At higher rates ( ≥  21.4 mg P m−2 d−1), 50–90 % of added P ended up in sediments, with peat sediments becoming more easily saturated. For nitrogen (N), 45–90 % was either taken up by the sediment or lost to the atmosphere at loadings  ≥  62 mg N m−2 d−1. This shows that aquatic macrophytes can indeed function as an efficient nutrient filter but only for low loading rates (polishing) and not for high rates (purification). The outcome of this controlled study not only contributes to our understanding of nutrient dynamics in constructed wetlands but also shows the differential effects of wetland sediment types and plant species. Furthermore, the acquired knowledge may benefit the application of macrophyte harvesting to remove and recycle nutrients from both constructed wetlands and nutrient-loaded natural wetlands.

scholarly journals Performance of sewage treatment plant with septic tank, anaerobic filter and constructed wetland with Typha spp

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Paulo Fortes Neto ◽  
Nara Lucia Perondi Fortes ◽  
Elizabeth Da Costa Neves Fernandes de Almeida Duarte ◽  
Rita Do Amaral Fragoso ◽  
Ana Catarina Marcos Henriques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Effluent Treatment ◽  
Septic Tank ◽  
Anaerobic Filter ◽  
Before And After

  The study reports the performance of a sanitary effluent treatment constituted by a septic tank, anaerobic filter and constructed wetland. The study monitored nutrient’s, carbonaceous material’s and thermotolerant coliform’s (CT) removal efficiency during 12 months. The treatment system included a septic tank, an anaerobic filter and a horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland cultivated with Typha spp. Effluent samples were monthly collected before and after the septic tank, anaerobic filter and wetland. The removal efficiency for N-NH+4 was 37.6%, 66.3% for total P, 37% for COD, 54% for BOD and 99.4% for CT. The anaerobic filter and wetland were more efficient than the septic tank. P-total reduction was higher in the constructed wetland than in the anaerobic filter. Climatic conditions influenced the evaluated constituent’s removal being the highest values during hot months.

scholarly journals Phytophthora Species Associated with Plants in Constructed Wetlands and Vegetated Channels at a Commercial Plant Nursery Over Time

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 736-744
Author(s):  
Garrett A. Ridge ◽  
Natasha L. Bell ◽  
Andrew J. Gitto ◽  
Steven N. Jeffers ◽  
Sarah A. White
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Constructed Wetlands ◽  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Wetland Plants ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Alternanthera Philoxeroides ◽  
Runoff Water ◽  
Commercial Plant ◽  
Plant Nursery ◽  
Irrigation Runoff

Constructed wetlands have been used for decades in agricultural settings to remediate nutrients and other agrichemicals from irrigation runoff and drainage; however, little is known about the presence and distribution of Phytophthora species within irrigation runoff water being treated in constructed wetlands. Therefore, we collected plant samples from within vegetated runoff collection channels and treatment stages of two constructed wetland systems receiving irrigation runoff at a commercial plant nursery in Cairo, GA, to determine if roots of wetland plants were infested by species of Phytophthora. Samples were collected 12 times, at 1- to 2-month intervals, over a 19-month period, from Mar. 2011 through Sept. 2012. The sample period covered all four seasons of the year, so we could determine if the association of Phytophthora species with roots of specific plant species varied with season. Approximately 340 samples from 14 wetland plant species were collected, and 22 isolates of Phytophthora species were recovered. Phytophthora species were typically isolated from plants in channels receiving runoff water directly from plant production areas; Phytophthora species were not detected on plants where water leaves the nursery. No seasonal patterns were observed in plant infestation or presence of species of Phytophthora. In fact, Phytophthora species were rarely found to be associated with the roots of the wetland plants collected; species of Phytophthora were found infesting roots of only 6.5% of the 336 plants sampled. Species of Phytophthora were not found to be associated with the roots of golden canna (Canna flaccida), lamp rush (Juncus effusus var. solutus), duckweed (Lemna valdiviana), or sedges (Carex sp.) during the study period. The exotic invasive plant species marsh dayflower [Murdannia keisak (33% of samples infested)] and alligatorweed [Alternanthera philoxeroides (15% of samples infested)] were found to have the first and third highest, respectively, incidences of infestation, with smooth beggartick (Bidens laevis) having the second highest incidence of samples infested (22%). Management of invasive species in drainage canals and constructed wetland systems may be critical because of their potential propensity toward infestation by Phytophthora species. Plant species recommended for further investigation for use in constructed wetlands to remediate irrigation runoff include golden canna, marsh pennywort (Hydrocotyle umbellata), pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), and broadleaf cattail (Typha latifolia). The results from this study provide an important first look at the associations between species of Phytophthora and wetland plants in constructed wetland systems treating irrigation runoff and will serve to further optimize the design of constructed wetlands and other vegetation-based treatment technologies for the removal of plant pathogens from irrigation runoff.

Research on Sewage Treatment of Constructed Wetland on Expressway

2013 ◽  
Vol 864-867 ◽  
pp. 1281-1286
Author(s):  
Jing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Point Source ◽  
Constructed Wetlands ◽  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Basic Concept ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Point Source Pollution ◽  
Treatment Technology ◽  
Sewage Disposal ◽  
New Type

As a new type of ecology treatment technology, constructed wetland has been widely utilized in the sewage disposal system. The paper researches into the constructed wetlands basic concept, structural constitutions and the sewage disposal mechanism. It has been certified that the constructed wetland technology play an important role in decreasing point source pollution on expressway.

scholarly journals The Use of Constructed Wetland for Mitigating Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Agricultural Runoff: A Review

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 476
Author(s):  
Jiayu Li ◽  
Bohong Zheng ◽  
Xiao Chen ◽  
Zhe Li ◽  
Qi Xia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Constructed Wetlands ◽  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Lemna Minor ◽  
Hydrilla Verticillata ◽  
Agricultural Runoff ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Ceratophyllum Demersum ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Emergent Plants

The loss of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers in agricultural runoff is a global environmental problem, attracting worldwide attention. In the last decades, the constructed wetland has been increasingly used for mitigating the loss of nitrogen and phosphate from agricultural runoff, while the substrate, plants, and wetland structure design remain far from clearly understood. In this paper, the optimum substrates and plant species were identified by reviewing their treatment capacity from the related studies. Specifically, the top three suitable substrates are gravel, zeolite, and slag. In terms of the plant species, emergent plants are the most widely used in the constructed wetlands. Eleocharis dulcis, Typha orientalis, and Scirpus validus are the top three optimum emergent plant species. Submerged plants (Hydrilla verticillata, Ceratophyllum demersum, and Vallisneria natans), free-floating plants (Eichhornia crassipes and Lemna minor), and floating-leaved plants (Nymphaea tetragona and Trapa bispinosa) are also promoted. Moreover, the site selection methods for constructed wetland were put forward. Because the existing research results have not reached an agreement on the controversial issue, more studies are still needed to draw a clear conclusion of effective structure design of constructed wetlands. This review has provided some recommendations for substrate, plant species, and site selections for the constructed wetlands to reduce nutrients from agricultural runoff.

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