Water-hyacinth production primary and advanced treatment of wastewater. Final report
A prototype water hyacinth wastewater treatment system has been in operation for two years at Walt Disney World, near Orlando, Florida. Typically, the hyacinth system removes 80-90% total suspended solids and B.O.D. from the influent stream. Major impacts on water quality exiting the system are: seasonal variations in solar radiation, air and water temperature; operational problems, particularly harvesting equipment breakdown, and retention time in the ponds. Phosphorus and nitrogen removal show a strong seasonal dependence, with removal rates varying from 0.08 to 1.11 g/m/sup 2//day for N and from 0.05 to 0.29 g/m/sup 2//day for P. Nitrogen removal rates show a strong dependence on retention times, with a retention time of 5 days appearing to be a critical limit for the establishment of an active population of denitrifying bacteria. Hyacinth biomass productivity of the system was approximately 66.7 dry metric tons per hectare year (30 dry tons/acre year) during the second year of operation. An Experimental Test Unit (ETU) for anaerobic digestion of hyacinths to methane will be installed by late 1983.
- Research Organization:
- WED Enterprises, Glendale, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-77CH00178
- OSTI ID:
- 6465501
- Report Number(s):
- SERI/STR-231-1886; ON: DE83006033
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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