University Of Tehran Press Pollution 2383-451X 4 1 2018 01 01 Wastewater Treatment by Azolla Filiculoides: A Study on Color, Odor, COD, Nitrate, and Phosphate Removal 69 76 64331 10.22059/poll.2017.236692.290 EN Abooali Golzary Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 14155-6135, Tehran, Iran. 0000-0002-8110-3348 Omid Tavakoli School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11365-4563, Tehran, Iran Yasemin Rezaei School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11365-4563, Tehran, Iran Abdolreza Karbassi Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 14155-6135, Tehran, Iran. 0000-0002-9408-908X Journal Article 2017 06 29 <strong> </strong>The aquatic fern Azolla, a small-leaf floating plant that lives in symbiosis with a nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria (Anabaena), is an outstanding plant, thanks to its high biomass productivity along with its tremendous rate per unit area for nitrogen-fixation.  The present study investigates the potential growth of Azolla in secondary effluents for removal of COD, phosphorus, and nitrogen. Results have shown that N and P removal at 100 ppm of each component in separate medium turned out to be 36% and 44%, respectively, whereas in case of a mixed solution of these two compounds, N and P removal declined to 33% and 40.5%, respectively. Moreover, results have suggested that in the presence of phosphorus nitrogen absorption decreased. Furthermore, Azolla has revealed a high potential of COD removal by 98.8% in 28 days. Finally, Azolla may be one of the most promising agents to remove COD and treat nitrogen-free and phosphorus-rich wastewaters. https://jpoll.ut.ac.ir/article_64331_1dae19678bca4026adbc6a5139a74d43.pdf