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Harnessing Microbial Potential for Wastewater Treatment in Constructed Wetlands

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Microbial community constitute a major component of constructed wetlands (CWs), playing a major role in these systems capacities for treating wastewater. Constructed wetland system has a hydraulic regime, although the volume of inflow in the wetland is never the same as the outflow. Wetland are either of Free Water Surface (FWS) or Subsurface Flow (SF). Nitrogen, the most important component in constructed wetlands undergoes transformation by various processes converting N into one to another form and by plant uptake. For instance, nitrification is more impactful for ammonia reduction and its removal relies on the configuration of the wetland and the dissolved oxygen (DO). The chapter discusses the types of wetlands and their physical, chemical and biological processes in the removal of various contaminants. It also gives an overview of different microbial processes and their mechanisms involved during the treatment of wastewater inside constructed wetland systems.

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  1. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

    Manoj Kaushal

  2. Research Program – Asia, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India

    Suhas P. Wani & Mukund D. Patil

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Kaushal, M., Wani, S.P., Patil, M.D. (2019). Harnessing Microbial Potential for Wastewater Treatment in Constructed Wetlands. In: Shah, S., Venkatramanan, V., Prasad, R. (eds) Sustainable Green Technologies for Environmental Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2772-8_14

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