Journal article

Publication year: 2000

Pages: 87-91

Journal: Journal of applied botany = Angewandte Botanik

Volume number: 74

Issue number: 1-2

ISSN: 0949-5460

Publisher: Blackwell

Abstract: 
A constructed wetland to treat sewage from family Subandi house has been built in Bandung, Indonesia, in February 1999 to serve as a pilot project. Water samples from both influent and effluent were taken twice a month and analysed for COD, BOD(5), NO(3)-N, NO(2)-N, NH(4)-N, PO(4)-P, pH, fecal coliforms bacteria, electrical conductivity, and settleable solids. The objective of this study was to install one constructed wetland with a vertical flow system to treat sewage from private households by using an aquatic macrophyte (Phragmites karka). The treatment efficiency of this constructed wetland was relatively high, although it was in operation for only eleven months. The average treatment efficiencies during the period from March 1999 to January 2000 for NH(4)-N, PO(4)-P, fecal coliform bacteria, BOD(5) and COD were 90.54%, 68.59%, 99.99%, 85.58%, and 81.08%, respectively. These results are very promising with respect to the use of constructed wetland to be installed and developed in tropical countries, especially in Indonesia as a viable alternative to conventional wastewater technology, because this system is cost effective and simple.

Harvard Citation style: Kurniadie, D. and Kunze, C. (2000) Constructed wetlands to treat house wastewater in Bandung, Indonesia, Journal of applied botany = Angewandte Botanik, 74(1-2), pp. 87-91

APA Citation style: Kurniadie, D., & Kunze, C. (2000). Constructed wetlands to treat house wastewater in Bandung, Indonesia. Journal of applied botany = Angewandte Botanik. 74(1-2), 87-91.