PERFORMANCE OF AERATED FLOATING AQUATIC PLANT SYSTEM IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Authors

  • Mohd Ismid Mohd Said Department of Environmental Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Seethadevi Lakshamanan Department of Environmental Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/mjce.v10.15581

Abstract

A simple lab-scale experiment was conducted to study the performance of aerated and non-aerated water hyacinth systems in treating domestic wastewater, The aerated water hyacinth = system showed higher removal efficiencies than the non-aerated water hyacinth. system. This may be due to aeration induced mixingofwater which allow a greater portion of the wastewater to contact the root zone of ihe plant, arid also increase in microbial activities.

References

Reddy, K.R., & D.L. Sutton; Water Hyacinth for Water Quality

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Reed, S.c., E.J. Middlebrooks & R.W. Crites: Natural Systems for

Waste Management & Treatment. Mc Graw-Hill Inc. 1988.

J Wolverton, B.C. ; Aquatic Plant / Microbial Filters for Treating Septic Tank Effluent. Constructed Wetlands for Municipal Wastewater Treatment, Lewis Publishers pg. 173-179,1991.

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Published

2018-01-09

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (1997)

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Articles

How to Cite

PERFORMANCE OF AERATED FLOATING AQUATIC PLANT SYSTEM IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT. (2018). Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.11113/mjce.v10.15581