Environmental Science
8 years ago

Constructed wetlands in Turkey show promise in treating rural wastewater effectively.

PERFORMANCE OF A CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
Bülent Şengörür, Saim Özdemir

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A constructed wetland system was tested in Turkey to clean up rural wastewater. They used plants like Phragmites and Typhia to filter out pollutants like COD, BOD5, TSS, NH4 + -N, and NO3 ¯ -N. The results showed that the wetland removed a good amount of contaminants: COD (48-94%), BOD5 (72-96%), TSS (94-98%), and NH4 + -N (68-87%). This means that wetlands could be a useful way to treat wastewater from rural areas.