ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of macrophyte Typha domingensis Pers. in different development stages in the nitrogen and phosphorus removal from a horizontal flow constructed wetland (WCH) applied for dairy cattle wastewater treatment. In this way, growth, nitrogen and phosphorus levels in the leaf tissue of macrophytes were monitored during a 120-day growth period. Typha domingensis Pers. macrophyte was responsible for a mean removal of 5.12 and 3.16% of the applied loads in the WCH, for nitrogen and phosphorus, respectively. The higher nutriens removal rates (30.2 and 6.4 g P kg-1) were identified when the higher tissue growth rates occurred (24.17 cm week-1).
Keywords:
constructed wetland; nitrogen; phosphorus; growth rate