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<p>Nitrate is the most common form of nitrogen in water. The presence of nitrates in drinking water can harm human health, this is why the maximum concentration of nitrates in potable water is imposed by law. The main treatment technologies used for treating this kind of water are reverse osmosis, ion exchangers, electrodialysis and biological denitrification. The goal of this paper is to determine the efficiency of biofilters in reducing the ammonium concentrations in water, depending on the carrier/filtration media used in the biofilters, the C:N:P ratio used and contact time between water and the attached biomass. The paper is based on the result obtained during experimental tests in which the concentration of nitrates in the raw water was 150 mg/l.</p>
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Nitrate is the most common form of nitrogen in water. The presence of nitrates in drinking water can harm human health, this is why the maximum concentration of nitrates in potable water is imposed by law. The main treatment technologies used for treating this kind of water are reverse osmosis, ion exchangers, electrodialysis and biological denitrification. The goal of this paper is to determine the efficiency of biofilters in reducing the ammonium concentrations in water, depending on the carrier/filtration media used in the biofilters, the C:N:P ratio used and contact time between water and the attached biomass. The paper is based on the result obtained during experimental tests in which the concentration of nitrates in the raw water was 150 mg/l.

Biological Denitrification of Water Intended for Human Consumption

Ph.D. Student, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest

Prof.dr.eng., Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest

Conf.dr.chem.eng., Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest

Modelling in Civil Environmental Engineering

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Nitrate is the most common form of nitrogen in water. The presence of nitrates in drinking water can harm human health, this is why the maximum concentration...

Biological Denitrification of Water Intended for Human Consumption

Published Online: Jul 09, 2022

Page range: 34 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmce-2021-0019

Keywords
Biofilter, Nitrates, Active Carbon, Sand, Ceramic granules, Biomass

© 2022 Alexandru Matei et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Biological Denitrification of Water Intended for Human Consumption

Published Online: Jul 09, 2022

Page range: 34 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmce-2021-0019

KeywordsBiofilter, Nitrates, Active Carbon, Sand, Ceramic granules, Biomass

© 2022 Alexandru Matei et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Biofilter, Nitrates, Active Carbon, Sand, Ceramic granules, Biomass