Significance of Drying Periods on Nitrate Removal in Experimental Biofilters
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Abstract
Nitrogen is an important nutrient that can impact the quality of aquatic environments when present in higher concentration.Even though lower concentration levels of ammonium nitrogen have been observed in laboratory studies in bioretention basins, poor removal or even production of nitrates within the filter is often recorded in such studies.Ten Perspex bioretention columns of 94 mm (internal diameter) were packed with a filter layer (height: 800 mm), transition layer (20 mm) and a gravel layer (200 mm) and operated with synthetic stormwater in the laboratory.The filter layer contained 3% organic material by weight.A free board of 350 mm provided detention storage and head to facilitate infiltration.The columns were fed with synthetic stormwater with different antecedent dry days.(0 d to 25 d) and constant inflow concentration at a feed rate of 100 mL/min.Samples were collected from the outflow at different time intervals, between 2.5 min and 150 min from the start of outflow, and were tested for nitrate nitrogen and total organic carbon.Washoff of organic carbon from the filter layer was observed to occur for 30 min of outflow.This indicates washoff of organic carbon from the filter itself.At the same time, very low concentration of nitrate nitrogen was recorded at the beginning of outflow, indicating effective removal of nitrate nitrogen.Here we conclude that removal of nitrate nitrogen is insignificant during the wetting phase of an event and the process of denitrification is more pronounced during the drying phase of a rainfall event.Thus intermittent wetting and drying is crucial for removal of nitrate nitrogen in bioretention basins.
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| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
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