Development of an Advanced Treatment System using Biofiltration and an Ozone-AOP for Agricultural Water Reuse

  • Yong Joon Yune
  • , Min Ki Jung
  • , In Geun Park
  • , Ho Jae Hwang
  • , Dae Hwan Rhu
  • , Young Jin Eum
  • , H. Min Joon
  • , Liyan Jin
  • , Alice Robinson
  • , Sung Pyo Kim

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

Abstract

Nutrient levels in wastewater treatment plant effluent can limit water reuse options, especially as a resource for surface recharge, because of the threat of eutrophication. A biofiltration and ozone-AOP process was evaluated for the removal of nutrients, including total nitrogen and total phosphorus (TN, TP), and also non-biodegradable organics from a secondary treatment system in a 1,000 m3/d full-scale plant over the course of one year of operation. The average effluent quality during this year was as follows: TN 3.0 mg/L, chemical oxygen demand (CODCr) 7.0 mg/L, TP 0.05 mg/L, suspended solids (SS) 0.73 mg/L, and biological oxygen demand (BOD5) 1.6 mg/L. The effluent quality was able to meet South Korea's stringent discharge limits and water reuse requirements. Overall, the advanced treatment system using biofiltration and an ozone-AOP is able to achieve very low effluent nutrient levels and a high removal efficiency of non-biodegradable organic and trace organic contaminants, providing high water quality for surface water recharge.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication87th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2014
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Pages6228-6236
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781510870451
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Oct 1
Event87th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2014 - New Orleans, United States
Duration: 2014 Sept 272014 Oct 1

Publication series

Name87th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2014
Volume6

Conference

Conference87th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans
Period14/9/2714/10/1

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Water Environment Federation

Keywords

  • Advanced Treatment
  • Nutrient Removal
  • Trace Organics
  • Water Reuse

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecological Modelling
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Pollution
  • Waste Management and Disposal
  • Water Science and Technology

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