Nitrogen and Organics Removal during Riverbank Filtration along a Reclaimed Water Restored River in Beijing, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Site Description
2.2. Water Sample Collection
2.3. Water Quality Analysis
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Groundwater Flow Conditions
3.2. Attenuation of Nitrogen and COD through the RBF System
3.2.1. Water Quality of River Water and Reclaimed Water
3.2.2. Removal of NO3-N
3.2.3. Removal of NH4-N
3.2.4. Removal of COD
3.3. Temporal Variations of Nitrogen and COD in Groundwater
3.4. Vertical Distribution of Nitrogen and COD
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Soil Depth (cm) | Sampling Numbers (n) | Particle Size Distribution (%) | Organic Matter Content (%) | Soil Texture | K-Value (m/day) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.01–2 μm | 2–50 μm | 50–2000 μm | |||||
0–40 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 44 | 3.26 | Loam | 0.31 |
40–100 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 36 | 2.51 | Silt loam | 0.31 |
100–160 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 32 | 1.24 | Silt loam | 0.32 |
160–240 | 12 | 16 | 65 | 19 | 1.37 | Silt loam | 0.20 |
240–320 | 12 | 12 | 53 | 35 | 0.42 | Silt loam | 0.31 |
320–360 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 31 | 0.58 | Silt loam | 0.40 |
360–520 | 24 | 15 | 68 | 17 | 2.88 | Silt loam | 0.21 |
520–610 | 15 | 5 | 27 | 68 | 0.55 | Sandy loam | 0.61 |
610–650 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 74 | 0.53 | Loamy sand | 0.75 |
650–750 | 15 | 10 | 50 | 40 | 1.78 | Silt loam | 0.33 |
750–900 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 77 | 0.2 | Loamy sand | 0.80 |
Parameters | Date | NO3-N (mg/L) | NH4-N (mg/L) | COD (mg/L) | TP (mg/L) | TN (mg/L) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Concentration (River water) | 14 March | 13.6 | 0.3 | 22.8 | - | - |
14 April | 9.5 | 0.3 | 22.5 | 0.2 | 16.6 | |
14 May | 8.3 | 0.5 | 26.3 | 0.7 | 13.4 | |
14 June | 10.4 | 0.4 | 16.9 | 0.1 | 14.1 | |
14 July | 11.4 | 0.3 | 14.9 | 0.1 | 13.4 | |
14 August | 14.5 | 0.3 | 15.7 | 0.1 | 15.1 | |
14 September | 14.5 | 0.4 | 21.0 | 0.1 | 13.2 | |
14 October | 14.6 | 0.2 | 25.7 | 0.1 | 14.3 | |
14 November | 17.8 | 0.3 | 32.5 | - | 12.5 | |
14 December | 12.4 | 0.4 | 38.5 | - | - | |
Concentration (Reclaimed water) | 14 March | - | - | - | - | - |
14 April | 14.8 | 0.2 | 19.6 | 0.5 | 12.2 | |
14 May | 12.5 | 0.4 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 9.0 | |
14 June | 11.4 | 0.2 | 18.9 | 0.3 | 11.1 | |
14 July | 12.8 | 0.2 | 11.6 | 0.3 | 10.6 | |
14 August | 15.9 | 0.1 | 9.1 | 0.1 | 13.0 | |
14 September | 14.9 | 0.3 | 11.6 | 0.1 | 12.5 | |
14 October | 15.6 | 0.1 | 12.6 | 0.4 | 14.3 | |
14 November | 18.9 | 0.2 | 18.5 | - | 11.8 | |
14 December | - | - | - | - | - |
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Pan, W.; Huang, Q.; Huang, G. Nitrogen and Organics Removal during Riverbank Filtration along a Reclaimed Water Restored River in Beijing, China. Water 2018, 10, 491. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10040491
Pan W, Huang Q, Huang G. Nitrogen and Organics Removal during Riverbank Filtration along a Reclaimed Water Restored River in Beijing, China. Water. 2018; 10(4):491. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10040491
Chicago/Turabian StylePan, Weiyan, Quanzhong Huang, and Guanhua Huang. 2018. "Nitrogen and Organics Removal during Riverbank Filtration along a Reclaimed Water Restored River in Beijing, China" Water 10, no. 4: 491. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10040491