Constructed wetland treatment of channeled wastewater for use in University National Jose Faustino Sanchez Carrion - 2022

Abstract

Objective: It consists of applying a treatment with artificial wetlands to the residual waters of the channel that passes in the vicinity of the Huacho University, these residual waters are conducted to the marine environment, a conveniently separated fraction of the channel can be treated with artificial wetlands using crops with purifying capacity, which contributes to the oxygenation of the substrate and the biodegradation of nutrients and in the underground part a population of microorganisms develops, which promote the main processes that are involved to biodegrade and eliminate the contaminants present in the residual water . Material and methods: The volume of residual water deposited in the compartment was calculated for a residence time of 5 days, to then pass this same volume of water to the next compartment and this to the third and last compartment for five days of residence time. in each compartment, completing 15 days of total time to biodegrade the tributary with slight contamination characteristics, as is the case of the waters of the channel referred to above. Results: The tabulation of the resulting experimental information is presented in 03 tables that show the separation of dissolved solids and also those of a colloidal nature, the latter is directly related to the turbidity and the TDS that the residual water samples present, and in the case of the organic solids removed are reflected in the BOD5 results. Conclusion: The product obtained from the treatment with artificial wetlands is a water that was previously chlorinated to eliminate the low population of fecal and total coliforms and could be used as irrigation water for the university campus.