In-Situ Improvement of the Sediment Microenvironment by Nitrate in Tailwater of Wastewater Treatment Plants Combined with Aerobic Denitrifying Bacteria under Low-DO Regulation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sediments and Overlying Water Sources
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Analytical Methods
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Physiochemical Parameters
3.2. Changes in Sulfur Forms in Water
3.3. Changes in the Morphology of TOM in the Sediment
3.4. Analysis of Sediment Microbial Community Structure
3.5. Mechanisms of Improvement in Sediment Microbial Ecological Environment
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Chen, J.; Zhang, C.; Liu, Y.; Tian, J.; Guo, J. In-Situ Improvement of the Sediment Microenvironment by Nitrate in Tailwater of Wastewater Treatment Plants Combined with Aerobic Denitrifying Bacteria under Low-DO Regulation. Water 2024, 16, 1000. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16071000
Chen J, Zhang C, Liu Y, Tian J, Guo J. In-Situ Improvement of the Sediment Microenvironment by Nitrate in Tailwater of Wastewater Treatment Plants Combined with Aerobic Denitrifying Bacteria under Low-DO Regulation. Water. 2024; 16(7):1000. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16071000
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Junyi, Chao Zhang, Yun Liu, Jie Tian, and Jianbo Guo. 2024. "In-Situ Improvement of the Sediment Microenvironment by Nitrate in Tailwater of Wastewater Treatment Plants Combined with Aerobic Denitrifying Bacteria under Low-DO Regulation" Water 16, no. 7: 1000. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16071000