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Rhizosphere Enhances Removal of Organic Matter and Nitrogen from River Water in Floodplain Filtration  

Jeong, Byeong-Ryong (Dept. of Agronomy, Daegu University)
Chung, Jong-Bae (Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Daegu University)
Kim, Seung-Hyun (Dept. of Enviromnental Engineerins, Yeunenam University)
Lee, Young-Deuk (Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Daegu University)
Cho, Hyun-Jong (Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Daegu University)
Baek, Nam-Joo (Dept. of Agronomy, Daegu University)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.36, no.1, 2003 , pp. 8-15 More about this Journal
Abstract
If contaminated river water is sprayed over a floodplain, the microbial processes can simultaneously remove organic matter and nitrogen during the infiltration through the sediment profile. The effect of rhizosphere on the removal of organic matter and nitrogen from contaminated river water was investigated using floodplain lysimeters. River water was sprayed at a rate of $68.0L\;m^{-2}\;d^{-1}$ on the top of the lysimeters with or without weed vegetation on the surface, Concentrations of $NO_3$, $NH_4$ and dissolved oxygen (DO), and chemical oxygen demand (COD) and Eh in water were measured as functions of depth for 4 weeks after the system reached a steady state water flow and biological reactions. A significant reductive-condition for denitrification developed in the 30-cm surface profile of lysimeters with weeds. At a depth of 30 cm, COD and $NO_3$-N concentration decreased to 5.2 and $0.9mg\;L^{-1}$ from the respective influent concentrations of 18.2 and $9.8mg\;L^{-1}$. The removal of $NO_3$ in lysimeters with weeds was significantly higher than in those without weeds. Vegetation on the top was assumed to remove $NO_3$ directly by absorption and to create more favorable conditions for denitrification by supply of organic matter and rapid $O_2$ consumption, In the lysimeters without weeds, further removal of $NO_3$ was limited by the lack of an electron donor, i.e. organic matter. These results suggest that the filtration through native floodplains, which include rhizospheres of vegetation on the surface, can be effective for the treatment of contaminated river water.
Keywords
COD; Denitrification; Floodplain; Floodplain filtration; Nitrate; Water treatment;
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