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1School of Environment and Sustainable Development, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382030, India.
Abstract:
Constructed wetland (CW), an ecological wastewater treatment technology, is low cost and easily to operate. Vertical flow constructed wetland (VF-CW) systems have been used to treat various wastewaters across the world. The present work exhibits the detail study of five type's multi-layered vertically constructed wetlands operated at 24 h hydraulic retention time under semi-continuous vertical flow mode. Except N-NO3-, all the pollutants were sufficient removal in iron scraps constructed wetland (ISs-CW). The highest average pollutant removal efficiency achieved in ISs-CW was 85.04%, 77.57%, 85.99%, 62.01% and 88.91% for N-NH4+, N-NO2+, total nitrogen, total phosphate and sulphate respectively. The present CWs planted with Eichhornia crassipes is a promising system for municipal wastewater treatment. The first-order kinetic modelling was best suited for the removal rate since it presents higher R2, rate constant (k) and B values.
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