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Nitrogen Removal Technologies for Meeting Nitrogen Load Reductions in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nancy G. Love Professor Department of Civil Environmental Engineering Department of Biological Sciences Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University nlove@ Today, I will: • Review the problem • Review nitrogen metabolism • Discuss basic design principles of nitrogen removal • Review nitrogen removal technologies • Some research efforts at Virginia Tech that relate to this topic Point sources accounted for 20% of the nitrogen load to the Bay in 2002 Sources of Nitrogen to the Chesapeake Bay (Data from State of the Bay, 2002) Urban and Septic 16% Agriculture Point Source 38% 20% Atmospheric to Forest Water Mixed Open 13% 7% 6% Why do we need to remove nutrients? Algae composition = C106H263O110N16P 1 g N yields 16 g algae 1 g P yields 114 g algae /education/kits/estuaries/ The Nitrogen Cycle Nitrification NO2- Nitrification Assimilation NO - 3 Assimilation / Oxic Organic NH Denitrification N Ammonification 3 Anoxic N Fixation NO2- 2