Zeitschrift für Bau- und Umweltingenieurwesen

Waste Removal and Oxygen Condition in a Natural Water Purification System

Abstract

Yeh TY, Chen KF and Lin CL

Emergent incident of fish kill was occurred in the detention pond of natural water purification system. The objective of this study was revealed the cause of the incident.Novel measurements unprecedentedly employed in this study including SOD to measure sediment oxygen decay PCR to find out sediment microbial activity, SEM, EDX, and FTIR to view the macrophyte rhiyphere root surface to understand the pollutant adsorption. Algal bloom was the main reason to induce serious fish kill Particle size analysis demonstrated greater particles were setting in the upstream.Chlorophyll A, COD, SS, phosphorus, E coli was in descending of following the stream direction. The end of measuring point, detention pond, demonstrated the serious eutrophication which leads to diurnal pH and DO fluctuation to induce anoxic condition at night which induced fish kill. Sediment oxygen uptake (SOD) also measure to fine vertical oxygen profile. SEM, EDX, and FTIR results indicated the major functional groups of submergent macrophyte reed root were carboxyl, carbonyl, and phenol which could adsorp various pollutants.