Abstract
Dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) has been found to be a significant fraction of the urban runoff phosphorus load. To achieve enhanced DOP removal, bioretention soil media (BSM) amended with an aluminum-based water treatment residual (WTR) and montmorillonite (both 10% by mass) were additionally treated with aluminum sulfate (10% by mass) to improve sorption capacities. The sorption of myo-Inositol hexakisphosphate (IHP) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP), two forms of organic phosphorus, by modified BSM were studied using batch experiments. The sorption of AMP was increased by a factor of 17 and 21 for WTR- and montmorillonite-amended BSM with 10% alum, respectively. Similarly, the IHP removal capacity of these two modified media mixtures were increased by factors of 4 and 5, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller (BET) surface area analyses were used to provide support for underlying sorption mechanisms for the enhanced DOP removal. The oxalate ratio (OR) was employed to provide an index for DOP sorption onto BSM. Generally, greater DOP sorption was observed with higher oxalate ratios.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the Prince George’s County, Maryland, Department of Environmental Resources for their financial support, under the guidance of Dr. Mow-Soung Cheng. The authors also thank the University of Maryland Nanoscale Imaging Spectroscopy & Properties Laboratory and Micro & Nano Fabrication Laboratory. Appreciation is also owed to the Rockville Drinking Water Treatment Plant (Rockville, Maryland) for their donation of the WTR. The authors also thank the NutriGrown Company (College Park, Maryland) for their donation of BSM.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 142 • Issue 4 • April 2016
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Received: Dec 9, 2014
Accepted: Oct 12, 2015
Published online: Jan 4, 2016
Published in print: Apr 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Jun 4, 2016
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Chemical compounds
- Chemical elements
- Chemical processes
- Chemicals
- Chemistry
- Environmental engineering
- Infrastructure
- Nutrient pollution
- Phosphorus
- Pollution
- Retention basins
- Soil pollution
- Soil treatment
- Sorption
- Stilling basins
- Stormwater management
- Urban and regional development
- Urban areas
- Water pollution
- Water treatment
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