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| The Science of the total environment. 2022 Oct 4. pii: S0048-9697(22)06364-1. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159265 |
| Microbial communities and processes in biofilters for post-treatment of ozonated wastewater treatment plant effluent. |
| Sauter D1, Steuer A2, Wasmund K3, Hausmann B4, Szewzyk U5, Sperlich A6, Gnirss R7, Cooper M8, Wintgens T9 |
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Abstract Ozonation is an established solution for organic micropollutant (OMP) abatement in tertiary wastewater treatment. Biofiltration is the most common process for the biological post-treatment step, which is generally required to remove undesired oxidation products from the reaction of ozone with water matrix compounds. This study comparatively investigates the effect of filter media on the removal of organic contaminants and on biofilm properties for biologically activated carbon (BAC) and anthracite biofilters. Biofilms were analysed in two pilot-scale filters that have been operated for >50,000 bed volumes as post-treatment for ozonated wastewater treatment plant effluent. In parallel, the removal performance of bulk organics and OMP, including differentiation of adsorption and biotransformation through sodium azide inhibition, were carried out in bench-scale filter columns filled with material from the pilot filters. The use of BAC instead of anthracite resulted in an improved removal of organic bulk parameters, dissolved oxygen, and OMP. The OMP removal observed in the BAC filter but not in the anthracite filter was based on adsorption for most of the investigated compounds. For valsartan, however, biotransformation was found to be the dominant pathway, indicating that conditions for biotransformation of certain OMP are better on BAC than on anthracite. Adenosine triphosphate analyses in the media-attached biofilms of the pilot filters showed that biomass concentrations in the BAC filter were significantly higher than in the anthracite filter. The microbial communities (16S rRNA gene sequencing) appeared to be similar with respect to the types of organisms occurring on both filter materials. Alpha diversity also exhibited little variation between filter media. Beta diversity analysis, however, revealed that filter media and bed depth substantially influenced the biofilm composition. In practice, the impact of filter media on biofilm properties and biotransformation processes should be considered for the design of biofilters. |
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Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier B.V. |
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KEYWORDS: Adsorption, Biofiltration, Biotransformation, Microbial community, Ozonation, Tertiary wastewater treatment |
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Publikations ID: 36206900 Quelle: öffnen |
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