Table 1.

The main characteristics of the applied wastewater.

Parameters	Simulated Wastewater	Actual Wastewater
pH	6.0 ± 0.1	8.1 ± 0.2
COD/mg·L−1	250 ± 15	337.57 ± 20
Total nitrogen (TN)/mg-N·L−1	105 ± 10	120.53 ± 15
Ammonia (NH4+/NH3)/mg-N·L−1	60 ± 5	87.88 ± 8
Nitrate (NO3−)/mg-N·L−1	30 ± 3	28.33 ± 5
Nitrite (NO2−)/mg-N·L−1	15 ± 2	4.32 ± 3
Chloride (Cl−)/mg·L−1	0~1500	987.95 ± 35