Journal of Ecosystem & Ecography
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Research Article

Study on Different Substrates in Stable Surface Flow Wetland

Chengduan Wang¹ and Jun Zhang^2*

¹Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zi gong, Sichuan, 643000, China

²School of Environment and Resources Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mian yang, Sichuan 621010, China

*Corresponding Author:

Jun Zhang
School of Environment and Resources
Southwest University of Science and Technology
Mian yang, Sichuan 621010, China
E-mail: zj-qhd@163.com

Received Date: January 11, 2012; Accepted Date: April 12, 2012; Published Date: April 21, 2012

Citation: Wang C, Zhang J (2012) Study on Different Substrates in Stable Surface Flow Wetland. J Ecosyst Ecogr 2:109. doi:10.4172/2157-7625.1000109

Copyright: © 2012 Wang C, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and and source are credited.

This paper discussed the feasibility and advantage of the removal efficiency of low concentration sewage using three Stable Surface Flow Wetlands (SSFW) with bamboo splint and palm silk as substrates. Under the same hydraulic loading, the result of experiment indicated that the removal rate of COD,TP, TN were 73.97%, 61.42%, 28.98% respectively in SSFW with a bamboo splint substrate, and the corresponding removal rate of SSFW with a palm silk substrate were 78.37%, 69.42%, 24.4%; while substrate without a bamboo splint and a palm silk were 66.61%, 58.71%, 22.23%. The above information demonstrates that the removal efficiency of TN with a bamboo splint is better while the removal efficiency of COD and TP with palm silk is better. Bamboo splint and palm silk have their own advantages when they are applied to SSFW as substrate, which provide theoretical basis for the selection and matching of substrate.

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