Sustainable Sanitation by Constructed Wetlands in the Mediterranean Countries: Experiences in Small/Medium-Size Communities and Tourism Facilities

Masi, Fabio; Conte, Giulio; Martinuzzi, N.

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“…Total and faecal coliform removal efficiencies achieved in the constructed wetland system was comparable to the efficiencies reported in the study of Ottov a et al (1997) ranging usually between 98.1 and 99.9%. Other studies also showed coliform removal efficiencies of 98.8% on average in CWs (Masi et al 2008;Raboni et al 2014).…”

Section: Pathogens Analyses Of Wetland Influent and Effluentmentioning

confidence: 82%

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Assessing the performance of constructed wetland for water quality management of a Southern Mediterranean river

Saab

Jammoul

Makhlouf

et al. 2018

Water & Environment J

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Most of Southern Mediterranean water courses suffer from numerous types of pollution. This study presents a comprehensive performance assessment of a pilot CW system for removing various contaminants from the Litani River, Lebanon. The physico‐chemical, pathogens and trace metal parameters were analyzed for river water as well as for the wetland effluent. Results revealed that the average removal efficiencies were 87.01% for COD, 64.99% for BOD5, 86.18% for TSS, 43.11% for NO3N, 34.82% for NH4N, 55.07% for PO4P and 73.05% for K. The removal efficiency of faecal coliforms was around 99.84%. Influent and effluent heavy metal pollution (Cu, Pb, As and Ni) concentrations greatly exceeded the range of the environmental limit values due to industrial emissions in river water. CWs seem to be a promising green technology for Lebanon for the reduction of bacterial contamination. Further studies are required to improve treatment modules for different pollutants, including metals.

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Section: Pathogens Analyses Of Wetland Influent and Effluentmentioning

confidence: 82%

“…Other studies also showed coliform removal efficiencies of 98.8% on average in CWs (Masi et al . ; Raboni et al . ).…”

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Assessing the performance of constructed wetland for water quality management of a Southern Mediterranean river

Saab

Jammoul

Makhlouf

et al. 2018

Water & Environment J

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“…Therefore, the upgrading and optimizing of dated WWTPs is essential to meet the new effluent standards while considering the cost effectiveness within an economically responsible and environmentally sound framework (Abdel-Shafy & El-Khateeb 2013). Such upgrading can achieve the following benefits: allowing additional capacity in a given unit processes, reducing the energy consumption, improving the effluent quality, safe discharge and/or reuse of the treated water (Masi et al 2008;Abdel-Shafy & Mansour 2018).…”

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“…The efficiency of the CWs depends, essentially, on several factors including surface area, bed length, depth, and water retention time. They also depend slightly on the type of hydrophytes, and the aggregate (Masi et al 2008;WRRF 2011). CWs have also been employed for the treatment of blackwater and greywater separately (Abdel-Shafy et al 2009).…”

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Rehabilitation and upgrading wastewater treatment plant for safe irrigation reuse in remote area

Abdel‐Shafy

Mansour

2020

Water Practice and Technology

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This study presents an extensive evaluation of a full-scale sewage treatment system in a remote area with a population of 9,000 equivalents in Egypt. The present achievement can be implemented in several arid and semi-arid areas. Previously, this treatment system was heavily destroyed during the turmoil and became completely out of operation. Presently, the capacity of the treatment system increased from 345.5 to 648 m3/d. The present rehabilitation, upgrading, and optimizing consisted of rebuilding the main construction system, addition of chemical coagulation/sedimentation, Gravel Bed Hydroponic Wetland (GBHW) followed by waste maturation pond at a surface area of 784 m2. Results indicated that the overall removal of the pollution parameters namely: turbidity, TSS, COD, BOD5, and oil&grease were excellent (ranged between 96.9 to 99%). Further improvement was achieved by employing the maturation pond. In addition, successful removal of the nutrients elements, in the final treated effluent reached 83.4% for TKN, 99.3% for ammonia-nitrogen, 63.4% for organic nitrogen, and 59.8% for TP. The pathogen removal was excellent, namely: Faecal Coliform, and E.Coli where the overall removal reached 100% each one (more than ten and six order of magnitude). Meanwhile, the Number of cells or eggs of Nimatoda Count/L in the raw wastewater was also removed at 100% in the final treated effluent.

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“…Some technologies such as membrane bioreactors "MBR" or sequencing batch reactors "SBR" have demonstrated the capacity to produce high quality treated effluent (5,6) . Most greywater treatment systems installed are based on degreasing tanks in combination with constructed wetlands (7,8) . However, cost, application to scale and the relatively low public perception may limit their application in small communities especially in rural areas of developing countries "arid and semi-arid regions".…”

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Effeciency of Degreasing / Settling Tank Followed by Constructed Wetland for Greywater Treatment

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Egypt. J. Chem.

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Sustainable Sanitation by Constructed Wetlands in the Mediterranean Countries: Experiences in Small/Medium-Size Communities and Tourism Facilities

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

Assessing the performance of constructed wetland for water quality management of a Southern Mediterranean river

Assessing the performance of constructed wetland for water quality management of a Southern Mediterranean river

Rehabilitation and upgrading wastewater treatment plant for safe irrigation reuse in remote area

Effeciency of Degreasing / Settling Tank Followed by Constructed Wetland for Greywater Treatment

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