Performance of carbendazim removal using constructed wetlands for the Ethiopian floriculture industry.
| Autor: | Wehbe S; African Center of Excellence for Water Management, Water Science & Technology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia E-mail: stanislas.vincent@aau.edu.et, stanwehbe@gmail.com., Zewge F; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia., Inagaki Y; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-city, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan., Sievert W; Sievert Consult, Schuhstraße 15, 32657 Lemgo, Germany., Uday Kumar NT; RAK Research and Innovation Centre, American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK), Ras Al Khaimah, P.O. Box: 31208, United Arab Emirates., Deshpande A; Department of Research, Reed Bed Wastewater Treatment, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research [Water Sci Technol] 2022 Jul; Vol. 86 (1), pp. 142-151. |
| DOI: | 10.2166/wst.2022.199 |
| Abstrakt: | Carbendazim is a pesticide commonly used in Ethiopian flower farms and has harmful effects on aquatic, invertebrate, and mammalian life. Previous studies have explored ways to remedy carbendazim toxicity; however, the use of constructed wetland (CW) systems for carbendazim removal from farm water runoff has not been explored in depth. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a CW system for carbendazim removal from wastewater runoff. A two-stage pilot CW was built and tested for its efficacy of carbendazim removal under saturated conditions and varying hydraulic loading rates. The influent was pumped into the first vertical-flow mesocosm. The drained water was then pumped into the second mesocosm. The collected effluent was tested for carbendazim removal. Carbendazim removal efficiencies up to 91.80% (with a hydraulic loading rate of 100 Ld -1 and influent carbendazim concentration of 10 μg L -1 ) were observed. Statistical analysis indicated that the removal of carbendazim was not correlated with the initial carbendazim concentration but was negatively correlated with the hydraulic loading rate used. Two pesticide removal mechanisms were briefly probed to determine their participation in carbendazim removal. Substrate sorption accounted for 18% of total carbendazim removal; furthermore, plant uptake also played an active role. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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