Diurnal variations in purifying-tanks when use pontederia cordata treating the malodorous river water

Jian Jun Chen, Xiao Ming Lu, Shao Yong Lu, Xiang Can Jin, Min Sheng Huang, Yong Zhang, Feng Zhao

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Abstract

Aquatic plants (Pontederia cordata) were soaked in two purifying-tanks to investigate the effects of illumination intensity and aeration on diurnal variations of Chla, SP, POD of Pontederia cordata and pH, DO, COD, NH4+-N, TP of water from purifying-tanks when treating the malodorous river water at seven different times, another blank purifying-tank was set as a control. Comparative studies and correlation analysis of these different indicators were carried out to improve the plants working efficiency and provide scientific basis for optimal operation of plant purifying-tanks. Results showed that all indicators affected by changes of light intensity, TP shows best correlation coefficient (r=0.93, p<0.01) of physicochemical indicators and SP behaves best correlation coefficient (r=0.91, p<0.01) of plant physiology indicators in non-aeration purifying-tank; aeration is necessary as diurnal average of DO shows an increase of 0.13 mg/L by treatment of plant meanwhile 1.8 mg/L by plant with aeration, purifying-tanks with aeration got 7.1%, 6.3% higher removing rates of COD, NH4+-N and 38% less TP removing rate than non-aeration plant purifying-tanks (p<0.01); with aeration treatment, significant reduction of Chla, SP content (p<0.05) and increase of POD activity (p<0.05) observed in plants; the changes of illumination intensity and aeration can significantly affect physiological characteristics of plants and should be considered carefully and need further study when treating malodorous river water by plant purifying-tanks.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3585-3589
Number of pages5
JournalHuanjing Kexue/Environmental Science
Volume30
Issue number12
StatePublished - Dec 2009

Keywords

  • Diurnal variations
  • Malodorous black water
  • Physiological characteristics
  • Pontederia cordata
  • Water quality improvement

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