Performance of a Tower-Shaped Integrated Ecological Purification Device for Pollutants Removal from Domestic Sewage in Rural Areas
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Sampling and Analysis
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of Domestic Sewage Discharge Loads
3.2. Purification Performance of the TIEPD
3.3. Effect of Different Loads on the Purification Performance of TIEPD
4. Discussion
4.1. Effect of Different Loads on the Purification Performance of the TIEPD
4.2. Effect Factors of the Purification Performance of the TIEPD
4.3. Implications for TIEPD Management
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Annual Average Discharge | Rural Life Events | Precipitation Intensities | ||||
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Nonfair | Fair | Light | Moderate | Heavy | ||
COD (mg/L) | 181.69 ± 11.80 | 173.27 ± 13.12 a | 190.10 ± 10.48 b | 182.56 ± 17.33 b | 214.22 ± 28.77 a | 198.42 ± 17.55 ab |
AN (mg/L) | 26.53 ± 3.02 | 25.33 ± 2.17 a | 27.73 ± 3.87 a | 25.59 ± 4.67 a | 25.25 ± 3.44 a | 19.00 ± 1.27 b |
TN (mg/L) | 35.00 ± 2.84 | 33.90 ± 1.86 a | 36.09 ± 3.82 a | 34.09 ± 5.25 a | 33.41 ± 4.19 a | 27.83 ± 2.59 b |
TP (mg/L) | 2.59 ± 0.18 | 2.54 ± 0.16 a | 2.63 ± 0.20 a | 2.50 ± 0.52 a | 2.33 ± 0.40 a | 2.52 ± 0.32 a |
pH | 7.42 ± 0.17 | 7.42 ± 0.25 a | 7.26 ± 0.22 a | 7.34 ± 0.28 a | 7.37 ± 0.20 a | 7.27 ± 0.13 a |
Precipitation Intensities | Rural Life Events | Precipitation Intensities * Rural Life Events | |||||||
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F | P | df | F | P | df | F | P | df | |
TN | 0.053 | 0.948 | 2 | 0.972 | 0.334 | 1 | 0.978 | 0.391 | 2 |
AN | 0.993 | 0.385 | 2 | 4.503 | 0.044 | 1 | 1.924 | 0.168 | 2 |
TP | 0.407 | 0.529 | 2 | 1.081 | 0.355 | 1 | 0.066 | 0.936 | 2 |
COD | 5.28 | 0.035 | 2 | 1.576 | 0.236 | 1 | 4.605 | 0.025 | 2 |
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Yan, M.; Zhang, J.; Wang, X.; Lu, X. Performance of a Tower-Shaped Integrated Ecological Purification Device for Pollutants Removal from Domestic Sewage in Rural Areas. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 17014. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417014
Yan M, Zhang J, Wang X, Lu X. Performance of a Tower-Shaped Integrated Ecological Purification Device for Pollutants Removal from Domestic Sewage in Rural Areas. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(24):17014. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417014
Chicago/Turabian StyleYan, Min, Jian Zhang, Xiaoguo Wang, and Xin Lu. 2022. "Performance of a Tower-Shaped Integrated Ecological Purification Device for Pollutants Removal from Domestic Sewage in Rural Areas" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 24: 17014. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417014