ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effectiveness of a Constructed Wetland
in Reducing Phosphorus Inflow Loads from
an Agricultural Catchment Area
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National Water Holding Polish Waters, Poland
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Department of Water Resources, Climatology and Environmental Management,
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
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Research Division in Bydgoszcz, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute – National Research Institute, Poland
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Krajowa Spółka Cukrowa S.A., Poland
Submission date: 2019-07-25
Final revision date: 2020-01-09
Acceptance date: 2020-01-11
Online publication date: 2020-05-05
Publication date: 2020-06-08
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2020;29(5):3791-3802
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Reduction of phosphorus inflow loads and removing its residues is the main issue in protecting
waters in rural areas, as by causing eutrophication it largely degrades the function of the aqueous
environment [1]. The main sources of mobile phosphorus include water flowing from arable land,
residential areas, farms, transport routes, and sewage treatment plants.
It is therefore necessary to seek new methods of further reducing mobile phosphorus concentrations
in surface waters. In efforts to find new ways of effective utilization of existing objects in environmental
protection, the role of small constructed wetlands in providing additional treatment to flowing waters
has been examined. Such objects are of low depth, with intensive water exchange and mixing.
These features play an important role in matter transformation. The intensity of biogenic absorption
depends mainly on water pollution, ecological condition of the wetland, season of the year, inflowing
contamination load and retention time [2].