Performance of aerated floating aquatic plant system in wastewater treatment

• Main Authors: Mohd. Said, Mohd. Ismid, Lakshamanan, Seethadevi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 1997
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/27878/1/MohdIsmidMohdSaid1997_PerformanceOfAeratedFloatingAquaticPlant.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/27878/; http://www.civil.utm.my/content.php?id=387&cid=204&lang=1

A simple lab-scale experiment was conducted to study the performance ofaerated and non-aerated water hyacinth systems in treating domestic wastewater. The aerated water hyacinth system showed higher removal efficiencies than the non-aerated water hyacinth system. This may be due to aeration induced mixing"ofwater which allow a greater portion of the was;ewater .to contact the root zone of the plant, and also increase in microbial activities.