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Year 2021
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COMBINATION OF ARCHITECTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL ASPECTS IN URBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. A CASE STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
PublicationIncreasing a city’s resilience against climate change is one of the major concerns of today. Sustainable stormwater management, using Green Infrastructure units (GI) integrated with an urban area, has proved to be effective in flooding control and to offer extra benefits encompassing groundwater recharge, stormwater treatment, mitigation of air pollution, and an urban micro-climate. Moreover, GI brings cultural benefits for the...
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Phosphorus concentration and availability in raw organic waste and post fermentation products
PublicationThe aim of the study was to determine the mobility of phosphorus forms in raw organic waste and from the solid and liquid fractions of digestate. To achieve the purpose of this study, the components (including livestock manure, agricultural waste, food waste, sewage sludge) and their post fermentation products were considered. Subsequently, the effect of the fermentation process on the mobility of phosphorus forms in post-fermentation fractions...
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STORMWATER AS AN ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE: QUALITY CHANGES WITH RAINFALL DURATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT APPROACHES
PublicationThe pressure on the world’s water resources is rapidly increasing due to population growth and climatic changes. Valorisation of stormwater as a water resource for non-potable reuse can reduce high-quality water demands and save it for potable uses. In this context, not only roof runoff but also drained stormwater outflow, representing considerably higher pollution levels, should be considered as a potential resource. We analysed...
Year 2020
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Konwersja komunalnych osadów ściekowych w nawóz organiczny w systemach trzcinowych
PublicationDla małych i średnich oczyszczalni ścieków ciekawą alternatywą może być metoda wykorzystująca systemy trzcinowe do jednoczesnego odwadniania i stabilizacji osadów. Metoda ta jest powszechnie znana i wykorzystywana w wielu krajach europejskich, np. we Francji, w Dani, a także w Szwecji, Norwegii, Hiszpanii i we Włoszech. W Polsce, w skali technicznej, systemy trzcinowe pracują m.in. na terenie konwencjonalnej oczyszczalni ścieków...
Year 2019
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A New Approach for Investigating the Impact of Pesticides and Nutrient Flux from Agricultural Holdings and Land-Use Structures on Baltic Sea Coastal Waters
PublicationKnowledge related to land-use management impacts on the Baltic Sea ecosystem is limited. The constant release of pollutants into water bodies has resulted in water quality degradation. Therefore, only the innovative approaches integrated with research will provide accurate solutions and methods for proper environment management and will enable understanding and prediction of the impacts of land-use in the Baltic Sea region. Modelling...
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Nutrient loss from three small-size watersheds in the southern Baltic Sea in relation to agricultural practices and policy
PublicationAgriculture is the major contributor of waterborne nutrient fluxes into the Baltic Sea, one of the world’s most eutrophication-sensitive areas. Poland, as a large, densely populated state ohf the Baltic Region, with dominating agricultural land use, largely contributes to riverborne loads of N and P. The aim of our study was to examine the input of nutrients from three small first-order agricultural watersheds (Bladzikowski Stream,...
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Seasonal changes of the concentrations of mineral forms of nitrogen and phosphorus in watercourses in the agricultural catchment area (Bay of Puck, Baltic Sea, Poland)
PublicationThe Baltic Region countries are obliged to meet the stringent limits of N and P discharge set by HELCOM for 2021. Area sources of pollution, including agriculture, are considered the main contributors of biogenic compounds. The Bay of Puck as an inner part of the Baltic Sea is particularly sensitive to eutrophication caused by nutrient in flow from agricultural lands. Rivers and streams inflowing to the Bay of Puck transport nitrogen...
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Wstępna ocena wielkości stężeń związków azotu i fosforu odprowadzanych z wodami powierzchniowymi do Zatoki Puckiej z terenu gminy Puck
PublicationThe ferilizers used in agriculture negatively affect the surface and groundwater quality. The Bay of Puck is a semi-closed part of the Gulf of Gdańsk, which is particularly vulnerable to eutrophication caused by the inflow of nutrient substances. The Bay is surrounded by the lands intensively used in agriculture. Also a number of touristic resorts is located on its coast. The streams and rivers carry the load of nitrogen and phosphorus...
Year 2018
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Aggregation properties of some zirconium phosphate loaded with dirhenium(III) complexes
PublicationOne of the important areas of modern science is the selection of the right forms of drug delivery. Layered inorganic nanoparticles, such as zirconium phosphate, have proven themselves well in this area. The study of the properties of these systems and methods of their preparation makes it possible to determine a rational technology of their manufacture, storage conditions as well as suggest a possible mechanism of therapeutic action....
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Integrated information and prediction Web Service WaterPUCK General concept
PublicationIn this paper, general concept of a new method as ‘Integrated information and prediction Web Service WaterPUCK’ for investigation influence of agricultural holdings and land-use structures on coastal waters of the southern Baltic Sea is presented. WaterPUCK Service is focused on determination of the current and future environmental status of the surface water and groundwater located in the Puck District (Poland) and its impact...
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Oczyszczalnie hydrofitowe jako wdrożenie założeń idei gospodarki o obiegu zamkniętym
PublicationGospodarka realizowana w obiegu zamkniętym ma na celu minimalizację wpływu na środowisko w procesie wytwarzania produktów przez wybór odpowiednich składników oraz sposobu i procesów projektowania umożliwiających powtórne wykorzystanie produktów ubocznych. Pakiet działań polegających na wdrożeniu wyżej wymienionych założeń przyjęła Komisja Europejska w dn. 2 grudnia 2015 roku. W ideę gospodarki zamkniętej bardzo dobrze wpisują się...
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Polish experience in operation of sludge treatment reed beds
PublicationSludge Treatment Reed Beds (STRBs) is the technology of sludge treatment, which is based on natural processes occurring in the environment, in specially designed and operated facilities to achieve benefits for the environment. Integrated dewatering and stabilization occur in reed systems. For economic and environmental reasons it is an attractive solution, especially in rural areas where there are no appropriate facilities. In...
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Possibilities of Phoslock® application to remove phosphorus compounds from wastewater treated in hybrid wetlands
PublicationTreatment wetland technologies for wastewater treatment can be easily applied for removal of all pollutants except phosphorous. They are applicable in a small towns and rural areas, places where conventional wastewater treatment plant cannot properly operate because of common economic constraints. In Poland only the 8% of rural areas are equipped with sewer system, thus treatment wetlands might be an alternative, effective and...
Year 2017
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Application of Eco-innovative Technologies of Nutrients Removal in Wastewater – Case Study BARITECH Project
PublicationEco-innovative technologies in wastewater treatment should provide not only stringent standards for the quality of treated wastewater but also ensure maximum recovery of energy and raw materials from wastewater. One of the ways to improve the removal efficiency of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds in existing conventional wastewater treatment plants is pretreatment of reject water generated during the mechanical...
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Application of Vertical Reed Beds as a Buffer for Effluent from SBR ANAMMOX Treatment for Reject Water from Centrifugation
PublicationThe main purpose of this study is to determine the removal efficiency of nitrogen compounds in the effluentfrom ANAMMOX process used to treat reject water after centrifugation. A pilot model was bulit consisting of fourdifferent Treatment Wetlands beds with different filter substrate and with or without macrophytes growth. Verticalsubsurface flow type filters have been choosen thanks to their highest efficiency in NH4-N removal...
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Badania rozmieszczenia metali ciężkich w osadach dennych zbiorników retencyjnych na terenie zlewni zurbanizowanej
PublicationPotoki na terenach miejskich stanowią odbiornik dla kolektorów kanalizacji deszczowej oraz dla spływów powierzchniowych, które spłukują zanieczyszczenia z terenu zlewni. W zbiornikach retencyjnych budowanych na potokach m.in. w celu ochrony przed powodzią, następuje sedymentacja zawiesiny ogólnej, stanowiącej nośnik dla innych zanieczyszczeń, między innymi metali ciężkich. Źródłem metali ciężkich w zlewni miejskiej jest przede...
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Integrated dewatering and stabilization system as an environmentally friendly technology in sewage sludge management in Poland
PublicationSludge treatment reed beds (STRBs) are an environmentally friendly technology which provides integrated dewatering and stabilization of sewage sludge. STRBs do not require the use of chemicals to improve the dewatering process. STRB is both, a low-emission and a low-energy-consuming method. After the stabilization process, sludge is characterized by the chemical composition similar to that of humus. The aim of the paper is to present...
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Preliminary Results from the Removal of Phosphorus Compounds with Selected Sorption Material
PublicationDue to the resources of phosphorous are limited and are exhausted in the next 30 years the management of the resources is become current issue. Most of the phosphorus compounds is lost forever, because it is discharged with sewage into surface waters, causing eutrophication and in this way causing a further problem and challenge. On the other hand, there is a considerable need for phosphorus compounds, primarily in bioavailable...
Year 2016
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Ochrona wód powierzchniowych przed dopływem zanieczyszczeń ze źródeł punktowych i obszarowych na przykładzie Potoku Oliwskiego
PublicationZatoka Gdańska stanowi akwen szczególnie narażony na dopływ zanieczyszczeń, z uwagi na lokalizację aglomeracji trójmiejskiej oraz mniejszych miejscowości, zrzuty ścieków oczyszczonych z kilkunastu oczyszczalni oraz dopływ Wisły niosącej zanieczyszczenia z głębi kraju. Jednocześnie Zatoka stanowi zbiornik niezwykle wartościowy przyrodniczo oraz ceniony przez turystów. Konieczność ochrony Zatoki Gdańskiej przed dopływem zanieczyszczeń...
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Pre-feasibility study for treatment wetland application for wastewater treatment in dispersed development
PublicationThe aim of the paper is to present the conducted analyses of pre-feasibility study of different approaches for wastewater management in a settlement of 180 persons. In the assessment both technical and economic aspects were analyzed. The costs were calculated for three different and, at the same time, most popular as well as possible technical solutions like: (i) construction of local wastewater treatment plant with gravitational...
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Sludge Treatment Reed Beds (STRBs) as a Eco-solution of Sludge Utilization for Local Wastewater Treatment Plants
PublicationSewage sludge is a by-product of wastewater treatment processes. In Poland, the amout of sewage sludge has been still growing in recent years, due to inhencement of pollutants removal in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). One of the systems used to transform sewage sludge into fertilizer is a technology called Sludge Treatment Reed Beds (STRBs). Reed systems are periodically irrigated with sewage sludge with a low dry matter...
Year 2015
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Characteristics of the Hydrophytes Method
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Dewatering of Sewage Sludge Dewatering in Reed Systems
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Domestic Wastewater Treatment
PublicationSSF systems are usually applied at the 2nd stage of domestic wastewater treatment, after mechanical treatment. The number of such installations working at the moment in Europe is estimated to be 100,000. In Germany about 10,000 systems are in operation.
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Ekoinżynieria w zintegrowanym odwadnianiu i stabilizacji osadów ściekowych w systemach trzcinowych
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono zasady budowy i pracy systemów trzcinowych do zintegrowanego odwadniana i stabilizacji osadów ściekowych oraz ogólne zasady dotyczące projektowania oraz eksploatacji systemów, a także określono ekonomiczne i środowiskowe aspekty wynikające ze stosowania tej technologii na podstawie najnowszych doniesień literatury oraz doświadczeń własnych. Eksploatacja odpowiednio zaprojektowanych systemów trzcinowych...
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Landfill Leachate Treatment in Treatment Wetlands
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Ograniczenie zanieczyszczeń odprowadzanych do Bałtyku przez rozwiązania zrównoważonej gospodarki wodno-ściekowej na obszarach wiejskich
PublicationMorze Bałtyckie jest prawie całkowicie zamknięte. W każdym roku tylko 3% objętości wody ulega wymieniane. Dlatego okres całkowitej wymiany wody w morzu jest bardzo długi i wynosi 25-30 lat. Powoduje to nagromadzenie dopływających zanieczyszczeń i przyczynia się do eutrofizacji. Czynnikami odpowiedzialnymi za eutrofizację są związki biogenne, przede wszystkim związki azotu i fosforu. Jeśli chodzi o zasilanie wód Bałtyku związkami...
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Sewage gardens - constructed wetlands for single family households
PublicationDuring the last 30 years the increase of interest in low-cost decentralized and small wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) is observed in Europe. For this purpose sand filters, stabilization ponds, mini reactors with activated sludge, trickling filters and treatment wetlands are used. Among the listed facilities treatment wetlands (TWs) offer effective and reliable treatment efficiency, being at the same time low-cost and simple...
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Single-Family Treatment Wetlands Progress in Poland
PublicationLong distances from one farm to another as well as unfavourable terrain configuration in rural areas in Poland result in high investment and operation costs of sewerage systems. Treatment wetlands (TWs) can be an alternative solution to sewage treatment in rural communities, schools, at campsites and for single houses. In this paper the results of 4 years monitoring of single-family treatment plants (SFTWs) in Kaszuby Lake...
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Storm Water Treatment in TWs
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The Quality of the Outflow from Conventional WWTPs and Treatment Wetlands
PublicationUntil recently the humic substances were considered to have no negative impact on human health. Therefore elimination of these substances from potable water was only performed due to aesthetic reasons. In the recent years, however, it was found out that humic substances may cause unacceptable smell of water or cumulate toxic substances by complexing metal ions and adsorption of persistent organic pollutants such as pesticides,...
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Treatment Wetland for Overflow Stormwater Treatment: The Impact of Pollutant Particles Size
PublicationThe problem of stormwater treatment in urban areas has become increas- ingly crucial. It has been widely recognized that both mechanical and biological treatment of stormwater is necessary to protect surface water against pollution. Moreover, technology must be applied to ensure effective treatment in changing hydraulic conditions and to serve, to the extent possible, as a retention volume. Treatment wetland (TW) could be...
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Treatment Wetlands in Rural Areas of Poland for Baltic Sea Protection
PublicationWater and wastewater management, especially in rural areas, greatly affects loads of nutrients discharged to the Baltic Sea. In Poland, this management is unbalanced because of the dispersed development and in many locations construction of sewerage system is uneconomic or even impossible. For this reason, a significant part of sewage from single-family houses in rural areas must be discharged into domestic sewage systems. The...
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Types of Treatment Wetlands
PublicationThe removal of pollutants in treatment wetland systems is the result of the sorption of biochemical pollutants, redox reactions, and a biological activity of microorganisms as well as hydrophytes plants.
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Zrównoważone gospodarowanie ściekami na przykładzie obszarów wiejskich
PublicationW pracy podano charakterystykę sanitacji obszarów wiejskich w Polsce na tle krajów Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej oraz najnowsze przykłady zagospodarowania ścieków i osadów w systemach wykorzystujących technologie hydrofitowe.1. Metoda hydrofitowa stanowi dobry przykład inżynierii ekologicznej, a jej zastosowanie w gospodarce komunalnej umożliwia zrównoważone gospodarowanie ściekami
Year 2014
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30 lat aplikacji metody hydrofitowej na Pomorzu - postęp i badania
PublicationAktualnym dążeniem wszystkich działań związanych z szeroko pojętą gospodarką komunalną jest uwzględnienie zasady zrównoważonego rozwoju tak, aby zaspokajać potrzeby ludności bez pomniejszania zasobów dla przyszłych pokoleń. Zasada zrównoważonego rozwoju polega na wykorzystaniu najlepszych dostępnych technik i praktyk, które pomagają rozwijać się społecznościom, bez uszczerbku dla środowiska przyrodniczego. Systemy hydrofitowe...
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30 years of treatment wetland application in poland- progress and reserch
PublicationThe experiences with design and operation of constructed wetlands in the Pommerania region during last 30 years followed by carried out investigations of treatment processes lead to the following conclusions:First applications of constructed wetlands for biological sewage treatment were made in 1984-92. The later implementations of multi-stage constructed wetlands in the individual household and local scale enable wastewater treatment...
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Application of multistage treatment wetlands as a buffer for effluent from Anammox treatment for reject water from centrifugation
PublicationAccording to the newest knowledge concerning TW technology multistage treatment wetland could be easily applied for ensuring stable and low concentration of biogenic compounds form the effluent of SBR reactor (with nitritation/annamox process) for treatment of digested sludge dewatering in side stream. The working condition and optimising of such MTW will be the issue of carried out investigation.
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History and Perspective of Treatment Wetland in Poland – Part One: Lesson learned
PublicationEarly implementation of treatment wetlands under supervision of the researchers from were quite promising. The constructed facilities ensured effective wastewater treatment and sludge dewatering. In the next years a number of treatment wetland s systems were constructed without following the designing principles and left without proper maintenance. In the consequence this lead to unsatisfactory treatment results. Investigations...
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Najnowsze doświadczenia i aplikacje metody hydrofitowej w gospodarce komunalnej
PublicationSystemy hydrofitowe od ponad pięciu dekad są stosowane w gospodarce komunalnej wielu krajów i stają się coraz bardziej popularne również w Polsce. Pomimo zdobytych doświadczeń z eksploatacji tysięcy obiektów funkcjonujących na świecie wciąż prowadzone są badania nad rozpoznaniem i możliwością kontrolowania procesów zapewniających usuwanie różnych zanieczyszczeń i mikrozanieczyszczeń ze ścieków. W kolejnych publikacjach autorzy...
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Nowe aplikacje technologii hydrofitowej w gospodarce komunalnej
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono doświadczenia pracowników Wydziału Inżynierii Lądowej i Środowiska Politechniki Gdańskiej odnoszące sie do nowych zastosowań metody hydrofitowej w zagospodarowaniu ścieków i osadów ściekowych. W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań dotyczące obiektów hydrofitowych: (I) lokalnych przeznaczonych do biologicznego oczyszczania ścieków (pochodzących od 15 do 750 mieszkańców) znajdujących się w Darżlubiu, Wieszynie,...
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Sposoby zrównoważonej sanitacji na obszarach niezurbanizowanych
PublicationWejście Polski do Unii Europejskiej spowodowało szereg działań związanych z budową i modernizacją dotychczasowych systemów oczyszczania. Podejmowane działania przyczyniły się do uporządkowania gospodarki ściekowej w dużych i średnich aglomeracjach. Kolejnym etapem jest uporządkowanie gospodarki ściekowej na obszarach niezurbanizowanych, które od lat pod względem stosowanych rozwiązań gospodarki komunalnej były bardzo zacofane i...
Year 2013
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Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment in Single-Family Constructed Wetlands in Kaszuby Lake District
PublicationIn the paper results of investigation upon three different configurations of single family treatment wetlands were presented. It was indicated that the application of treatment wetlands for single family effluent is a effective and sustainable solution for wastewater treatment in the rural areas. In spite of the receiving higher concentration of pollutants in comparison to the TWs operated in Europe and USA analysed TWs ensure...
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Influence of Wastewater Treatment Technology on Particle Size Distribution in the Effluent
PublicationSuspended solids in water and wastewater usually carry quite a large load of pollutants (organic substances, nutrients, heavy metals, etc.) adsorbed on the particles surface. Particles of different sizes carry different types and quantities of pollutants. Therefore, particle size distribution is of importance in waster and wastewater treatment. In the article the influence of different treatment technologies on particle size distribution...
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Multistage treatment wetland for treatment of reject waters from digested sludge dewatering
PublicationThe paper presents the influence of sewage composition on treatment in pilot-scale facility for reject waters (RW) from sewage sludge centrifugation. The facility consisted of mechanical (two tanks with 10 d retention each) and biological parts composed of three subsurface flow reed beds working in batch. Two years of monitoring of the facility proved high efficiency removal of predominant pollutants: COD 75–80%, BOD 82.2–95.5%...
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OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS OF CONSTRUCTED WETLAND FOR LANDFILL LEACHATE TREATMENT: CASE STUDY
PublicationThe present paper discusses the quality fluctuations of leachate from municipal landfill in Gdansk (Poland) over the last 5 years and the evaluation of a wetland system designed for treatment of the leachate. The research has been conducted during a 5-year period. The constructed wetland for leachate treatment was built in 2001; it consists of 2 horizontal subsurface flow reed beds, working in parallel. In the period 2005–2006...
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Organic matter removal efficiency in treatment wetlands simulation by COD fractions
PublicationThe objective of this paper was to investigate the organic fraction (colloidal, particulate, and dissolved) in sewage treatment in treatment wetland. Performance of TWs was simulated well with a simple first order model k – C* based on monitoring data. In this investigation background or residual concentration (C*) was assumed to be equal concentration of input influent organic matter in particulate (CODp). Calculated reaction...
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Potential fertilizing properties of sewage sludge treated in the Sludge Treatment Reed Beds (STRB)
PublicationIn research the fertilizer value of sludge from reed beds is evaluated based on the sampling sludge on different depths from 4 Danish STRB after long periods of stabilization. The dewatering efficiency of sewage sludge in the STRB is comparable to mechanical dewatering. The long-term stabilization of sewage sludge progressively decreases the concentration of organic matter due to the process of humification. The aim of the work...
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Technologia unieszkodliwiania osadów ściekowych przy zastosowaniu metody hydrofitowej
PublicationMetoda hydrofitowa odwadniania i stabilizacji osadów ściekowych polega na wielowarstwowych zalewów osadami o niskim stężeniu suchej masy 0,5-1%. Najczęściej w tym celu wykorzystuje się specjalnie zbudowane obiekty naziemne lub podziemne zasiedlone trzcina pospolitą. Pomimo naturalnego charakteru procesu w porównaniu z urządzeniami mechanicznymi skuteczność odwadniania osadów w obiektach trzcinowych jest bardzo wysoka. Materiał...
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Wpływ gospodarki komunalnej obszarów wiejskich na jakość wód Morza Bałtyckiego
PublicationCelem pracy była analiza danych dotyczących zlewni Morza Bałtyckiego oraz wykonanie przeglądu literatury i przedstawienie badań własnych dotyczących gospodarki ściekowej głównie na terenach wiejskich. Morze Bałtyckie jest prawie całkowicie zamknięte. W każdym roku tylko 3% objętości wody ulega wymieniane. Z tego powodu jest bardzo podatne na eutrofizacje. Dodatkowo gospodarka wodno-ściekowa na obszarach niezurbanizowanych jest...
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