Rainfall effects to the performance of subsurface flow constructed wetlands in leachate treatment

Constructed wetlands have gained wide acceptance as a wastewater treatment practice. Rainfall effect needs to be taken into account in designing local constructed wetlands particularly in tropical countries. This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of tropical climate (rainfall) towards th...

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spelling my-utm-ep.425062023-07-05T03:41:02Z Rainfall effects to the performance of subsurface flow constructed wetlands in leachate treatment 2004 Lee, Yun Fook TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Constructed wetlands have gained wide acceptance as a wastewater treatment practice. Rainfall effect needs to be taken into account in designing local constructed wetlands particularly in tropical countries. This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of tropical climate (rainfall) towards the performance of horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands (HSFCW) planted with local plant, Typha angustifolia for landfill leachate treatment. The performance of the constructed wetlands was evaluated using seven parameters i.e nitrate, phosphorus, ammonical nitrogen, chromium, cadmium, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) and chemical oxygen demand (COD). Two pilot scale constructed wetlands reactors were used in the experiments. Performance of HSFCW in leachate treatment was evaluated with comparison to a blank reactor (without plants) serving as control. Experiments were run under artificial “monsoon rainfall intensity” in Malaysia. Results show that rainfall effects towards the performance of wetlands in leachate treatment vary from parameter to another (-1% to 41% enhancement) depending on the characteristic of each parameter. All parameters except chromium have better performance in leachate treatment after rainfall. Rainfall effects (increasing of removal efficiency) are more critical in control reactor as compared to the vegetated reactors. 2004 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/42506/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/42506/1/LeeYunFookMSKA2004.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:149624 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
collection UTM Institutional Repository
language English
topic TD Environmental technology
Sanitary engineering
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology
Sanitary engineering
Lee, Yun Fook
Rainfall effects to the performance of subsurface flow constructed wetlands in leachate treatment
description Constructed wetlands have gained wide acceptance as a wastewater treatment practice. Rainfall effect needs to be taken into account in designing local constructed wetlands particularly in tropical countries. This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of tropical climate (rainfall) towards the performance of horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands (HSFCW) planted with local plant, Typha angustifolia for landfill leachate treatment. The performance of the constructed wetlands was evaluated using seven parameters i.e nitrate, phosphorus, ammonical nitrogen, chromium, cadmium, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) and chemical oxygen demand (COD). Two pilot scale constructed wetlands reactors were used in the experiments. Performance of HSFCW in leachate treatment was evaluated with comparison to a blank reactor (without plants) serving as control. Experiments were run under artificial “monsoon rainfall intensity” in Malaysia. Results show that rainfall effects towards the performance of wetlands in leachate treatment vary from parameter to another (-1% to 41% enhancement) depending on the characteristic of each parameter. All parameters except chromium have better performance in leachate treatment after rainfall. Rainfall effects (increasing of removal efficiency) are more critical in control reactor as compared to the vegetated reactors.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Lee, Yun Fook
author_facet Lee, Yun Fook
author_sort Lee, Yun Fook
title Rainfall effects to the performance of subsurface flow constructed wetlands in leachate treatment
title_short Rainfall effects to the performance of subsurface flow constructed wetlands in leachate treatment
title_full Rainfall effects to the performance of subsurface flow constructed wetlands in leachate treatment
title_fullStr Rainfall effects to the performance of subsurface flow constructed wetlands in leachate treatment
title_full_unstemmed Rainfall effects to the performance of subsurface flow constructed wetlands in leachate treatment
title_sort rainfall effects to the performance of subsurface flow constructed wetlands in leachate treatment
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate 2004
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/42506/1/LeeYunFookMSKA2004.pdf
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