Improved nitrogen treatment by constructed wetlands receiving partially nitrified liquid swine manure

Poach, M. E.; Hunt, P. G.; Vanotti, Matías B.; Stone, K. C.; Matheny, T. A.; Johnson, M. H.; Sadler, E. J.

doi:10.1016/s0925-8574(03)00024-7

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“…These wetlands had sloped bottoms, and denitrification was higher at the upper slope area where oxygen was more available to facilitate nitrification of the ammonia in the wastewater. These apparent high losses via denitrification are in agreement with the recently reported very high N removal by constructed wetlands in Ontario, Canada (Kadlec and Bishay, 2005).At the higher N loading rates, gaseous losses were also the major N removal pathway for N on MPM wetlands (Poach et al, 2003(Poach et al, , 2004a. Whereas Poach et al (2003) measured the volatilization of ammonia at various N loading rates, it was also important to assess denitrification at these varying loading rates.…”

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“…Constructed wetlands have been found to generally provide somewhat limited P removal capacities but significant N removal capacities (Knight et al, 2000;Hunt et al, 2002). The effectiveness of N removal has varied considerably with wetland design and loading rates (Poach et al, 2003(Poach et al, , 2004b. Their research indicated that the continuous marsh wetlands were able to treat higher loads of N than the MPM wetlands.…”

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“…At the higher N loading rates, gaseous losses were also the major N removal pathway for N on MPM wetlands (Poach et al, 2003(Poach et al, , 2004a. Whereas Poach et al (2003) measured the volatilization of ammonia at various N loading rates, it was also important to assess denitrification at these varying loading rates.…”

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“…Whereas Poach et al (2003) measured the volatilization of ammonia at various N loading rates, it was also important to assess denitrification at these varying loading rates. To make this assessment, we chose to measure denitrification enzyme activity via the acetylene blockage method.…”

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Denitrification in Marsh‐Pond‐Marsh Constructed Wetlands Treating Swine Wastewater at Different Loading Rates

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Matheny

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Soil Science Soc of Amer J

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Denitrification in constructed wetlands can be very important in the treatment of swine lagoon effluent when land application areas are limited. The objectives of this investigation were to determine (i) the denitrification enzyme activity (DEA) in the marsh sediments of marshpond-marsh (MPM) constructed wetlands, (ii) changes in DEA with additions of carbon and nitrate, and (iii) the response of DEA to different wastewater N loading rates. Swine wastewater was applied to six MPM wetlands located at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, at rates of 4 to 35 kg N ha 21 d 21 . Soil samples were obtained from the top 25 mm of the marsh sections on four dates for determination of DEA via the acetylene blockage method (blocked at N 2 O). Headspace N 2 O was measured via gas chromatography. In the control treatment, they ranged from 0.06 to 1.13 and 0.16 to 0.79 mg N 2 O-N kg 21 soil hr 21 in the first and second marshes, respectively. In both marshes, the DEA rate was significantly increased with the addition of nitrate but not by glucose, indicating that nitrate was a clear limiting factor for denitrification. The DEA in both the control and the amended treatments increased dramatically with increased wastewater N loading, and the increases were generally more pronounced in the first marsh. The DEA values produced in the absence of acetylene blockage did not increase with wastewater N loading rate. Denitrification enzyme activity levels in the marsh sections of the MPM were generally consistent with a highly denitrifying environment. C ONSTRUCTED WETLANDS have been investigated and used for treatment of animal waste in the USA and around the world for over 10 yr (Cathcart et al., 1994;McCaskey et al., 1994). The understanding of their treatment processes, designs, and operations have advanced significantly (Kadlec and Knight, 1995;Knight et al., 2000;Hunt et al., 2002;Stone et al., 2002). Constructed wetlands have been found to generally provide somewhat limited P removal capacities but significant N removal capacities (Knight et al., 2000;Hunt et al., 2002). The effectiveness of N removal has varied considerably with wetland design and loading rates (Poach et al., 2003(Poach et al., , 2004b. Their research indicated that the continuous marsh wetlands were able to treat higher loads of N than the MPM wetlands. Furthermore, the continuous marshes were subject to less ammonia volatilization than the MPM wetlands (Poach et al., 2002(Poach et al., , 2004a.While soil accumulation and plant uptake of N were important at low N loading rates , they were responsible for smaller portions of the removal at higher N loading rates ($10 kg ha 21 d 21) . At the higher loading rates, denitrification became the apparent predominant pathway for N removal. Hunt et al. (2003) reported high levels of DEA in continuous marsh wetlands used to treat swine wastewater. These wetlands had sloped bottoms, and denitrification was higher at the upper slope area where oxygen was more available to facilitate nitrification of ...

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“…TN removal rate in APCW was 13.1%, 9.1%, and 49.2% higher than that in PCW, ACW, and CW (Table 2). Although the TN loading of APCW was much higher, it was more [7,[26][27][28].…”

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Effect of limited artificial aeration on constructed wetland treatment of domestic wastewater

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The Performance of Constructed Wetlands for Treating Swine Wastewater under Different Operating Conditions

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Sáez

2018

Constructed Wetlands for Industrial Wastewater Treatment

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Improved nitrogen treatment by constructed wetlands receiving partially nitrified liquid swine manure

Cited by 71 publications

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Denitrification in Marsh‐Pond‐Marsh Constructed Wetlands Treating Swine Wastewater at Different Loading Rates

Denitrification in Marsh‐Pond‐Marsh Constructed Wetlands Treating Swine Wastewater at Different Loading Rates

Effect of limited artificial aeration on constructed wetland treatment of domestic wastewater

The Performance of Constructed Wetlands for Treating Swine Wastewater under Different Operating Conditions

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