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Unsaturated Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland for Chlorothalonil Remediation with Target Application in Ethiopian Floriculture Industry

Stan Wehbe    
Feleke Zewge    
Yoshihiko Inagaki    
Wolfram Sievert    
Tirumala Uday Kumar Nutakki and Akshay Deshpande    

Resumen

The Ethiopian floriculture industry produces large amounts of wastewater, which requires treatment systems with lower retention times, higher hydraulic flow, and higher hydraulic loading rates (HLRs). Unsaturated vertical flow constructed wetlands (UVF-CWs), which represent these characteristics, have not been studied in depth for chlorothalonil remediation from wastewater. In this study, six UVF-CWs and nine pumping stations were organized into three experimental groups as three independent two-stage CW systems. The influent was pumped into the first vertical-flow stage, after which the effluent was collected and pumped into the second vertical-flow stage. The stage A and stage B effluents were tested for chlorothalonil removal at three different HLR of 50, 200, and 400 L d-1 m-2 and two influent chlorothalonil concentrations of 100 and 500 µg L-1. The chlorothalonil levels for the stage A effluent at an HLR of 50 L d-1 m-2 for both influent chlorothalonil concentrations were below the detection limit of 0.08 µg L-1. A maximum chlorothalonil concentration of 7.9 and 196 µg L-1 was observed in the stage A effluent for influent concentrations of 100 and 500 µg L-1, respectively. The chlorothalonil levels for the stage B effluent were all below the detection limit of 0.08 µg L-1. A final chlorothalonil removal efficiency of at least 99.9% was observed for both influent chlorothalonil concentrations at the three HLRs used. These results demonstrated that UVF-CWs represent a viable solution for chlorothalonil remediation in the Ethiopian floriculture industry.

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