Constructed wetland as a low cost and sustainable solution for wastewater treatment adapted to rural settlements: The Chorfech wastewater treatment pilot plant

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3006-3012

  Ghrabi, Ahmed ^a   Bousselmi, Latifa ^a   Masi, Fabio ^b   Regelsberger, Martin ^c  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b IRIDRA Srl   (Italy)

^c AEE Arbeitsgemeinschaft ERNEUERBARE ENERGIE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Low cost; Rural settlement; Sustainability; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DETAILED DESIGN; E. COLI; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW; LOW COSTS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PRE-TREATMENT; REMOVAL RATE; RURAL SETTLEMENT; SLUDGE COMPOSTING; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; THREE STAGES; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; TUNISIA; VERTICAL FLOWS; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PLANTS; RECLAMATION; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WASTEWATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOSTING; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SLUDGE; TANK; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLID; TUNISIA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER FLOW;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL PLANNING; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

TUNISIA;

EID: 79959694772     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.563     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. American Public Health Association/American Water Works Association/Water Environment Federation (APHA/AWWA/WEF) 2005 (A. D. Eaton, L. S. Clesceri, E.W. Rice & A. E. Greenberg, eds.). Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, (21st Edition). American Public Health Association/American Water Works Association/Water Environment Federation, Washington, DC, USA.
2. Batchelor, A., Scott, W. E. & Wood, A. 1990 Constructed wetland research programme in South Africa. In: Constructed Wetlands in Water Pollution Control (P. F. Cooper & B. C. Findlater, eds.). Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 373-382.
3. Conte, G., Martinuzzi, N., Giovannelli, L., Pucci, B. & Masi, F. 2001 Constructed wetland for wastewater treatment in central Italy. Water Science and Technology 44 (11-12), 339-343. (Pubitemid 34036590)
4. Kadlec, R. H., Tanner, C. C., Hally, V. M. & Gibbs, M. M. 2005 Nitrogen spiralling in subsurface-flow constructed wetlands: Implications for treatment response. Ecological Engineering 25, 365-381.
5. Keffala, C. & Ghrabi, A. 2005 Nitrogen and bacterial removal in constructed wetlands treating domestic waste water. Desalination 185 (2005), 383-389. (Pubitemid 41799748)
6. Korcuzus, E. A., Beklioglu, M., Goksel, B. & Demirer, N. 2007 Use of blast furnace granulated slag as a substrate in vertical flow reed beds: Field application. Bioresource Technology 98, 2089-2101. (Pubitemid 46420412)
7. Kouki, S., M'hiri, F., Saïdi, N., Belaïd, S. & Hassen, A. 2009 Performances of a constructed wetland treating domestic wastewaters during a macrophytes life cycle. Desalination 246 (1-3), 452-467.
8. Lahjouj, J., Lajili-Ghezal, L. & El Hamouri, B. 2007 Comparaison des performances de post traitement des filtres plantés de roseaux et du chenal algal à haut rendement en climat méditerranéen. In Proceedings of Meda Water International Conference, March 21-24 2007, Tunis, pp. 33-34.
9. Masi, F. 2007 Constructed wetland for decentralized waste water treatment. Water Waste and Environmental Research 7 (1-2), 25-38.
10. Masi, F. & Martinuzzi, N. 2007 Constructed wetland for the Mediterranean countries: hybrid systems for water reuse and sustainable sanitation. Desalination 215 (1-3), 44-55. (Pubitemid 47278935)
11. Masi, F., El Hamouri, B., Abdel Shafi, H., Baban, A., Ghrabi, A. & Regelsberger, M. 2010 Treatment of segregated black/grey domestic wastewater using Constructed wetlands in the Mediterranean basin: the Zero-m experience. Water Science and Technology 61.1, 97-105.
12. Molle, P., Lienard, A., Grasmick, A. & Iwema, A. 2006 Effect of reeds and feeding operations on hydraulic behaviour of vertical flow constructed wetlands under hydraulic overloads. Water Research 40, 606-612. (Pubitemid 43176455)
13. Puigagut, J., Villasenor, J., Salas, J. J., Becaresd, E. & Garcia, J. 2007 Subsurface-flow constructed wetlands in Spain for the sanitation of small communities: a comparative study. Ecological Engineering 30, 312-319. (Pubitemid 46908974)
14. Rivera, F., Warren, A., Ramirez, E., Decamp, O., Bonilla, P., Gallegos, E., Calderon, A. & Sanchez, J. T. 1995 Removal of pathogens from wastewaters by the Root Zone Method (RZM). Water Sci. Technol. 32 (3), 211-218.
15. Sellami, H., Benabdallah, S. & Charef, A. 2007 Performance of vertical constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater for small community in rural Tunisia. Water Waste and Environmental Research 7 (1-2), 11-24.
16. Vincent, G., Dallaire, S. & Lauzer, D. 1994 Antimicrobial property of roots exudates of three macrophytes: Mentha aquatica L. Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. & Scipus lacustris L. In Preprinted Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control. Proceedings of the Conference ICWS Secretariat, Guangzhou, P. R. China, pp. 290-295.