Constructed wetlands for pollution control

H Wu, R Wang, P Yan, S Wu, Z Chen, Y Zhao… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Artificial wetlands are used in over 50 countries to sustainably treat wastewater. These
constructed wetlands (CWs) make use of natural biogeochemical and physical processes to …

Global development of various emerged substrates utilized in constructed wetlands

Y Yang, Y Zhao, R Liu, D Morgan - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Substrate selection is one of the key technical issues for constructed wetlands (CWs), which
works for wastewater treatment based mainly on the biofilm principle. In recent years, many …

Boosting the denitrification efficiency of iron-based constructed wetlands in-situ via plant biomass-derived biochar: Intensified iron redox cycle and microbial …

Y Fan, S Sun, X Gu, M Zhang, Y Peng, P Yan, S He - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Considering the unsatisfied denitrification performance of carbon-limited wastewater in iron-
based constructed wetlands (ICWs) caused by low electron transfer efficiency of iron …

Microbial coupling mechanisms of nitrogen removal in constructed wetlands: a review

S Tang, Y Liao, Y Xu, Z Dang, X Zhu, G Ji - Bioresource Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Nitrogen removal through microorganisms is the most important pathway in constructed
wetlands (CWs). In this review, we summarize the microbial coupling mechanisms of …

Sustainable management of water treatment sludge through 3 'R'concept

T Ahmad, K Ahmad, M Alam - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
The handling and disposal of voluminous sludge produced from water treatment plant poses
difficulty to environmental scientists and engineers. In fact, its environmental friendly …

Simultaneously enhanced removal of PAHs and nitrogen driven by Fe2+/Fe3+ cycle in constructed wetland through automatic tidal operation

J Lu, Z Guo, Y Pan, M Li, X Chen, M He, H Wu, J Zhang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The lack of dissolved oxygen and weak substrate removal capacity in constructed wetlands
(CW) leads to terrible removal of nitrogen and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). In …

Development of constructed wetlands in performance intensifications for wastewater treatment: a nitrogen and organic matter targeted review

S Wu, P Kuschk, H Brix, J Vymazal, R Dong - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
The knowledge on the performance enhancement of nitrogen and organic matter in the
expanded constructed wetlands (CWs) with various new designs, configurations, and …

The configuration, purification effect and mechanism of intensified constructed wetland for wastewater treatment from the aspect of nitrogen removal: a review

LL Zhuang, T Yang, J Zhang, X Li - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Constructed wetland (CW) for wastewater treatment has attracted increasing attention. In this
review, the system configuration optimization, purification effect and general mechanisms of …

Removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes from domestic sewage by constructed wetlands: Optimization of wetland substrates and hydraulic loading

J Chen, XD Wei, YS Liu, GG Ying, SS Liu, LY He… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study aimed to assess removal potential of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) in raw domestic wastewater by various mesocosm-scale horizontal subsurface-flow …

A review on alum sludge reuse with special reference to agricultural applications and future challenges

KB Dassanayake, GY Jayasinghe, A Surapaneni… - Waste Management, 2015 - Elsevier
Alum salts are commonly used in the water industry to promote coagulation in the production
of clean drinking water, which results in the generation and accumulation of 'waste'by …