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J. Water Resource and Protection, 2009, 1, 376-380 doi:10.4236/jwarp.2009.15045 Published Online November 2009 (/journal/jwarp) Biological Nitrogen and COD Removal of Nutrient-Rich Wastewater Using Aerobic and Anaerobic Reactors 1,2 1 1 Florante A. MAGNAYE , Pag-asa D. GASPILLO , Joseph L. AURESENIA 1Chemical Engineering Department, De La Salle University-Manila, Manila, Philippines 2Chemical Engineering Department, Technological Institute of the Philippines-Manila, Manila, Philippines E-mail : magnayef@ Received September 2, 2009; revised September 30, 2009; accepted October 16, 2009 Abstract A preliminary study on nitrogen and organic removal efficiency of a lab-scale system using aerobic and an- aerobic reactors was performed. A simulated wastewater containing elevated levels of nitrogen was used. This paper aims to compare the efficiency of aerobic and anaerobic reactors in achieving nitrogen and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal of nutrient-rich wastewater. It also presents the start-up experi- mentation conducted on simulated wastewater using two different reactors configured as aerobic and anaero- bic. Start-up experiments were carried out using a 5-liter acrylic aerobic reactor and a 4-liter flask anaerobic reactor containing activated sludge taken from De La Salle University (DLSU) wastewater treatment plant as a source of inoculum. Simulated wastewater was continuously fed to the two reactors and the time course of biomass growth was monitored by measuring the biomass concentration represented by mixed liquor volatile solids (MLVS). The time course of organic pollutant reduction by measuring the chem