Abstract To improve domestic wastewater treatment for total nitrogen (TN) removal, a full-scale constructed wetlands combining an artificially aerated vertical- (AVCW) and a horizontal-flow constructed wetland (HCW) was completed in July 2007. The system covered a total area of 7,610 m2. From 2 July 2007 to 7 August 2008, the treatment capacity was 2,076 m3 day−1 with an aeration quantit…