The Columbia Wastewater Treatment Wetland (“Columbia Wetland”) is a constructed cattail wetland in the Missouri River floodplain outside Columbia, Missouri, USA. The wetland receives mixed primary and secondary effluent (≈60,000 m3 d−1, BOD5 ≈30 mg L−1, TSS ≈13 mg L−1, NH4-N ≈8 mg L−1) from a conventional treatment plant. During its first 6 years of operation (October 1994 through November 2000), the wetland received loadings of BOD5, COD, and NH4-N averaging 50, 83, and 12 kg ha−1 d−1, respectively, of which averages of 74%, 30%, and 17%, respectively, were removed from the effluent. TSS (mean loading = 21 kg ha−1 d−1) frequently increased in the wetland due to erosion and disturbance by waterfowl, but TSS removal efficiency increased with time and the development of macrophyte biomass and averaged 30% by 1998. The wetland typically removed >97% of fecal coliforms and fecal streptococcus, 36% of TN and 4% of TP. In comparison to other large treatment wetlands, BOD removal by the Columbia Wetland has been exceptionally efficient.
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1 September 2002
INITIAL PERFORMANCE OF A HIGH CAPACITY SURFACE-FLOW TREATMENT WETLAND
Matthew F. Knowlton,
Craig Cuvellier,
John R. Jones
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Wetlands
Vol. 22 • No. 3
September 2002
Vol. 22 • No. 3
September 2002
BOD
denitrification
habitat
nutrients
treatment wetland
wastewater