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Evaluation of the simultaneous removal of organic matter, nitrogen and suspended solids in a SSHF constructed wetland in Capinha, Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorArendacz, Mirosława
dc.contributor.authorObarska-Pempkowiak, Hanna
dc.contributor.authorAlbuquerque, António
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, Maria
dc.contributor.authorBorges, Miguel
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dc.date.issued2008-04-15
dc.description.abstractComparing with other countries there is still a lack of experience in applied constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment in Portugal. Among all Mediterranean countries only France and Italy established the guidelines on Constructed Wetlands (CWs). In most of those countries as well as in Portugal there are no specific regulations and design criteria of CWs for the treatment of wastewater [1]. Most of the CWs applied in Mediterranean countries were designed basing on northern countries experience; therefore there is a great need to establish regulations suitable for warm climate conditions. Additionally, the extending popularity of CW systems and a need to make more researches is forced by the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) and Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EEC), which set the goals to achieve certain standards of discharge water in Europe by the 2015 year. The advantages of CWs application in Portugal are unquestionable: low energy and maintenance requirements, low cost and appropriateness for domestic wastewater treatment for small and rural communities. Moreover, the land availability and temperature are not the limiting factors. As almost 25% of 5 Mirosława Arendacz, Hanna Obarska-Pempkowiak, Antonio Albuquerque, Maria Correia, Miguel Borges the population of central Portugal lives in small and rural agglomerations CWs seem to be very attractive solution. The majority of constructed wetlands in Portugal are designed as surface horizontal flow systems for secondary treatment of municipal and domestic sewage [2, 3]. There is very little date on the treatment efficiency of CWs in Portugal so far, however it had been reported that they show good performance in terms of BOD5 , TSS and lower effectiveness for total P and N removal. High capacity to remove low concentration of organic substances was also observed [2]. Data obtained on the treatment efficiency of CWs in Mediterranean countries also proved good potential of CWs to organic removal (COD, BOD5, and TSS) as well as to ammonia removal, which enabled meeting discharge criteria set by governments [1]. The survey conducted for CWs in Spain reported that the loadings applied for horizontal flow systems were in range of 0.8÷20.3 g BOD5 /m2day and 3÷17 g TSS/ m2day [4]. Data obtained in Spain showed that the average load applied to horizontal flow constructed wetlands is higher that ones cited in the literature and proved that those systems perform very well in terms of organic matter removal comparing to the other European countries [4]. This conclusion could also apply to Portugal due to similar climate conditions, close localization and similar regulations and criteria taken into account for sizing. However, more accurate data must be provided in order to approve it and to establish the most guidelines criteria. The objective of the paper was to evaluate the performance of the subsurface horizontal flow (SSHF) submerged constructed wetland in Capinha, located in the central Portugal, mostly in terms of organic matter (COD), nitrogen forms (total N, ammonia and nitrate) and suspended solids (TSS). The aim of the work was also to study the effect of loads on the removal of above pollutants.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationARENDACZ M., OBARSKA-PEMPKOWIAK H., ALBUQUERQUE A., CORREIRA M. e BORGES M. (2008). Evaluation of the simultaneous removal of organic matter, nitrogen and suspended solids in a SSHF constructed wetland in Capinha, Portugal. In Annual Set – The Environment Protection 2008 (ROCZNIK OCHRONA SRODOWISKA), T. Piecuch, T. Dabrowski e J. Dabrowski (Eds.), Koszalin 2008, Society of Environmental Science, Polónia, Cap. 5, V. 10, 73-91 (ISSN: 1506 218X).pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1506218X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12288
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherKoszalin 2008, Society of Environmental Sciencept_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectWastewater treatmentpt_PT
dc.subjectConstructed wetlandspt_PT
dc.titleEvaluation of the simultaneous removal of organic matter, nitrogen and suspended solids in a SSHF constructed wetland in Capinha, Portugalpt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlacePolandpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage91pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue5pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage73pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleAnnual Set – The Environment Protection 2008 (ROCZNIK OCHRONA SRODOWISKA), T. Piecuch, T. Dabrowski e J. Dabrowski (Eds.).pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume10pt_PT
person.familyNameObarska-Pempkowiak
person.familyNameCarvalho de Albuquerque
person.givenNameHanna
person.givenNameAntonio João
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