Experimental vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by diesel spill

Rawaa Al-Isawi; Miklas Scholz; Intidhar Al-Tharwani; Nesrin Al-Mansori; Afrah Abood Hassan

doi:10.1109/DeSE.2018.00067

Experimental vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by diesel spill

Rawaa Al-Isawi
, Miklas Scholz
, Intidhar Al-Tharwani
, Nesrin Al-Mansori
, Afrah Abood Hassan

University of Babylon

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Abstract

Wetlands are potential alternatives and cost-efficient supplementary systems to treat different types of oily-polluted water, wide spread particularly in areas where land costs are low. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of different variables: media size (gravel), contact time, empty time and loading rate (COD load) on the treatment performance of vertical-flow constructed wetland filters operated in batch flow mode and subjected to two diesel spills (20 g/l and 150 g/l) on September 2013 and September 2014, respectively. The objectives were to (i) test the impact of multi-doses of diesel concentrations on the overall treatment performance of the vertical-flow wetlands; and to investigate (ii) the effect of different design and operational parameters on the removal of diesel compounds and other water quality parameters for the period between September 2013 and January 2016. The results showed that the wetland filters were to be highly efficient for the removal of diesel concentrations in the first period of diesel spill (first dose of diesel) and moderate in the second period of diesel spill (second dose of diesel). Also, water quality parameters for wetlands were in a compliance with secondary wastewater treatment standards regarding ammonia-nitrogen (NH4-N), and suspended solids (SS), and non-compliance concerning ortho-phosphate-phosphorus (PO4-P). Moreover, wetland filters contaminated by hydrocarbon compounds showed drops in COD removal efficiencies. This study will enhance the perceptive of using constructed wetlands as best tool for hydrocarbon compounds treatment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	340-344
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538667125
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00067
Publication status	Published - 2 Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2018 - Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 2 Sept 2018 → 5 Sept 2018

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE
Volume	2018-September
ISSN (Print)	2161-1343

Conference

Conference	11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2018
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cambridge
Period	2/09/18 → 5/09/18

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

Keywords

Diesel
domestic wastewater
pollution
reed bed
suspended solids

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health Informatics
Computer Science Applications
Control and Systems Engineering
Artificial Intelligence

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Al-Isawi, R., Scholz, M., Al-Tharwani, I., Al-Mansori, N., & Hassan, A. A. (2018). Experimental vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by diesel spill. In Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2018 (pp. 340-344). Article 8648615 (Proceedings - International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE; Vol. 2018-September). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00067

Al-Isawi, Rawaa ; Scholz, Miklas ; Al-Tharwani, Intidhar et al. / Experimental vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by diesel spill. Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. pp. 340-344 (Proceedings - International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE).

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Al-Isawi, R, Scholz, M, Al-Tharwani, I, Al-Mansori, N & Hassan, AA 2018, Experimental vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by diesel spill. in Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2018., 8648615, Proceedings - International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE, vol. 2018-September, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 340-344, 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2018, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2/09/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/DeSE.2018.00067

Experimental vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by diesel spill. / Al-Isawi, Rawaa; Scholz, Miklas; Al-Tharwani, Intidhar et al.
Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. p. 340-344 8648615 (Proceedings - International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE; Vol. 2018-September).

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Al-Isawi R, Scholz M, Al-Tharwani I, Al-Mansori N, Hassan AA. Experimental vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by diesel spill. In Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018. p. 340-344. 8648615. (Proceedings - International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE). doi: 10.1109/DeSE.2018.00067

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