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  • Title: Nutrient removal from piggery effluent using vertical flow constructed wetlands in southern Brazil.
    Author: Sezerino PH, Reginatto V, Santos MA, Kayser K, Kunst S, Philippi LS, Soares HM.
    Journal: Water Sci Technol; 2003; 48(2):129-35. PubMed ID: 14510203.
    Abstract:
    Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, has the greatest swine breeding activities of Latin America. Generally, the piggery wastewater is treated in pond systems that are able to remove organic material according to local environmental legislation. However, these systems do not remove nitrogen and phosphorus efficiently. This work deals with a post-treatment system, using vertical flow constructed wetlands. The experiment was conducted in a swine production farm which has 45,000 animals. Although the pond system was able to partially remove the content of nutrients, their concentration in the effluent was high for environmental disposal. A four-bed vertical flow constructed wetland pilot plant, using Typha spp., was built. The pilot plant operated for 280 days for beds 2-4 (sand 2). However, the experiments with beds 1-3 (sand 1) were stopped after 111 days of operation, when a reduction in the wastewater drainage was observed. The beds with sand 2 showed a 33% COD removal, and about 49% of nitrification was observed from 111 days until the end of the operation. PO(4)-P removal was 45% with a loading rate of around 1.36 g m(-2) d(-1).
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