BIBLIOS

Document type
Conference papers

Document subtype
Extended abstract/Short paper

Title
Assessment of Wastewater Contaminants Retention for a Soil-aquifer Treatment System Using Soil-column Experiments

Participants in the publication
T. Martins (Author)
T.E. Leitão (Author)
M.R. Carvalho (Author)
Dep. Geologia
IDL

Summary
Soil-Aquifer Treatment systems are increasingly seen as a relatively inexpensive and complementary water quality enhancement process, which may be particularly relevant in water scarcity scenarios. In this context, a set of soil-column experiments were conducted aiming to replicate the conditions of infiltration basins using soil as a depuration media for wastewater quality increment previous to managed aquifer recharge. The results showed a decrease in a set of contaminants analysed, when comparing to the inflow concentrations, showing that retention and degradation are occurring inside the experimented soil. Ultimately a set of conclusions were achieved that allowed to define the composition of a reactive layer to be installed in real scale infiltration basins that will act as a complementary wastewater treatment method.


Event
Procedia Earth and Planetary Science

Publication Identifiers
ISSN - 1878-5220

Publisher
Elsevier BV



Document Identifiers
URL - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.084
DOI - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.084

Keywords
Wastewater Contaminant retention Soil-aquifer Treatment Soil-column experiments

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