Combined effect of matrix dams and paddy field drainage ditches on nitrogen and phosphorus removal
Jing Cheng
A B , Hao Yang C , Haisheng Liu A * , Fangli Su D * , Hiba Shaghaleh E * , Yu Peng A and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud F
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Handling Editor: Wan Zhanhong
Abstract
Nitrogen and phosphorus contaminants from paddy field drainage flow into the receiving bodies of water, posing a risk of eutrophication. To mitigate this pollution risk, several technologies, including constructed wetlands, ecological revetments and ecological floating beds, have been introduced in drainage ditches. However, the capacity of these technologies to intercept pollutants need to reconstruct the existing ditch structure.
This study aimed to optimise the interception and purification capabilities of drainage ditches through matrix dams.
A hydrodynamic and water-quality numerical model was established using the Mike 21 software, and the comprehensive ability of purifying pollutants by the interception of matrix dams and drainage ditches was evaluated.
We found that the overall average flow rate was reduced by 84% in the paddy field drainage ditch after introducing matrix dams, and pollutant concentrations decreased progressively from upstream to downstream. Total nitrogen concentrations were reduced by exceeding 60%, with a maximum reduction in total dissolved nitrogen concentrations of 84.3%.
Results indicated that the the combined deployment of drainage ditches and matrix dams is effective in removing nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants from paddy field drainage.
This study can provide a theoretical foundation for the practical implementation of matrix dams.
Keywords: adsorption material, flow rate, hydrodynamic numerical model, matrix dam, nitrogen and phosphorus removal, paddy field drainage ditch, pollutant concentration, water quality model.
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