Introduction water shortage in india will be a key issue for its sustainable development in the future. Phytoremediation of iron fe and copper cu by water. To address these concerns, it is necessary to integrate past studies with current rese. Application of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes for. Phytoremediation of copper and lead by using sunflower. Solms, was examined in two independent studies under nitrogen n rates of 0, 40, 80, 100, 150, 200, and 300ppm. Nitrogen phytoremediation by water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes mart. Pdf phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater. Eichhornia crassipes appears to be one of the most promising aquatic plants for the treatment of wastewater and has. Vetiver grass can be grown as floating in water without the soil media hydroponic way. Phytoremediation is based on the capability of plants to remove hazardous contaminants present in the environment. Performance of aquatic plant species for phytoremediation. Greywater, hydroponics, phytoremediation, water hyacinth, water lettuce i. The phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth, eichhornia crassipes mart.
Phytoremediation process, water hyacinth, sewage treatment. Effect of water hyacinth infestation on the physicochemical characteristics of lake naivasha john momanyi mironga department of geography. Phytoremediation, textile effluent, water hyacinth abstract in a present investigation phytoremediation of textile process effluent by using water hyacinth has been carried out in the kits college of engineering campus, for studying reduction of cod and metals from textile process effluent. Water hyacinths eichhornia crassipes were investigated for their ability to assimilate hg and mehg into plant biomass, in both aquatic and sedimentassociated forms, over a 68day hydroponic study. The species name crassipes is derived from latin, meaning thickfooted of thickstalked. Phytoremediation potential of some heavy metals by water hyacinth article pdf available in international journal of biological and chemical sciences 42. The water hyacinth is a disruptive factor in aquatic ecosystem management and ecosystem services, and causes problems in fisheries, transportation waterways, irrigation, hydropower generation, and water resources. In order to identify plants that can enhance the remediation of crude oil. This paper elucidates the phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes mart. This study aimed to demonstrate some factors controlling the phytoremediation efficiency of live floating plant, water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes, towards the effluents contaminated with 7 cs andor 60 co.
Benchscale investigation of mercury phytoremediation by. Phytoremediation efficiencies of water hyacinth in removing heavy metals in domestic sewage a case study of university of ilorin, nigeria. Wastewater from chromiumcontaminated mines exhibit potential threats for biotic community in the vicinity. Pdf phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using water. Previous investigations have demonstrated the promise. However, water hyacinth cannot be found at the coastal area since the high salinity is the limiting factor towards the growth of water hyacinth 27,87. W1 1 department of environmental engineering, universitas islam indonesia, indonesia abstract. Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes has been used for environmentally sustainable phytoremediation of water, though its use has been.
Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes an efficient and. Phytoremediation process is the use of plants to remediate contamination by the uptake of contaminated water by plants. Phytoremediation of heavy metal polluted soils and water. A mass balance was conducted to evaluate the phytoremediation. The pollution of crude oil contaminated water has been a major problem in oil producing communities and the use of plant to clean such water bodies has been on investigation. Pdf phytoremediation potential of some heavy metals by. Phytoremediation efficiencies of water hyacinth in removing heavy metals in domestic sewage a case study of university of ilorin, nigeria december 20 doi. Acute toxicity tests were performed in an aquarium with a population of sarotherodon melanotheron, contaminated by different concentrations of wastewaters before and after phytoremediation with eichhornia crassipes and pistia stratiotes. The study was conducted with three concentration gradients of fe and cu at 10, 15, 20 mg l1 and control no metal. This paper elucidates the phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth and water lettuce on the reduction of wastewater toxicity.
The study was conducted by using water hyacinth weeds eichhornia crassipes which served as tool of phytoremediation. Phytoremediation efficiency of water hyacinth for batik. Perspectives of phytoremediation using water hyacinth for. The aim of the present investigation is to develop a suitable phytoremediation technology for the effective.
Solms, was examined in two independent studies under nitrogen n. The present study focused on the phytoremediation efficiency of water hyacinth for the batik effluent treatment. Key words phytoremediation, textile effluent, water hyacinth. Phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using. Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from industrial. Extending the geographic reach of the water hyacinth plant. Remediation of lead pb and copper cu using water hyacinth. A water hyacinth species eichhornia crassipes was chosen to remediate the problem of cr vi pollution from wastewater. Phytoremediation of metal contaminated soil and water by eichhornia crassipes water hyacinth is promising. Environmental pollution is a major cause of concern. A water hyacinth species eichhornia crassipes was chosen to remediate the problem of cr vi pollution from waste water. A modified hoagland solution was added to ponds containing water hyacinths which were rated and measured weekly for 4 weeks.
Phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using water hyacinth article pdf available in international journal of phytoremediation 191 august 2016. Solms, was examined in two independent studies under nitrogen n rates of 0, 40, 80, 100, 150, 200, and 300 ppm. Phytoremediation of textile waste water using potential. Phytoremediation is the use of certain plants to clean up soil, sediment and water contaminated with metals andor. Water hyacinth and duckweed strongly accumulated cd with a concentration of. This study investigates the effectiveness of aquatic macrophyte and microphyte for phytoremediation of water bodies contaminated with high arsenic concentration. Water hyacinth, duckweed and water lettuce are the most frequently used free floating plants for the remediation of heavy metals from wastewater.
Among all method investigated presently, phytoremediation by amats aquatic macrophytes treatment systems is a well established environmental protective technique. Water hyacinth is an aquatic plant which originated in the rain forests of the amazon basin and is a native plant of brazil, among other countries in south america. Phytoremediation of wastewater toxicity using water. The results showed that the absorption of pb by water hyacinth on the basis of eapr process was much lower than that in the phytoremediation due to high.
The whole setup was carried out in triplicate and the experiment lasted for 12 weeks. Water hyacinth, any aquatic plant of the genus eichhornia of the pickerelweed family pontederiaceae, consisting of about five species, native primarily to tropical america. C thai provides habitat to a num ber ofsmall organisms, fasjgrowing plants such as duck. Phytoremediation efficiencies of water hyacinth in. The development of ecofriendly and efficient technologies for treating wastewater is one of the attractive research area. Utilization of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes as phytore mediation plant in vannamei shrimp aquaculture sewage treatment widodo b1, eko siswoyo1, adam ikhya a. In the present study, an attempt to have a comparative assessment of the efficiency of aquatic weeds like typha latifolia, eichhornia crassipes, salvinia molesta and pistia stratiotes to treat the effluents under. Solms for tn and tp rich industrial wastewaters determined for 15 weeks under different setups of 2fold 56 tn mgl and 15. Phytoremediation of heavy metals from industrial effluent.
Phytoremediation, water hyacinth, crude oil, concentrations and physicochemical abstract. Physiological responses of water hyacinth, eichhornia crassipes mart. Phytoremediation, water hyacinth, crude oil, concentrations and physicochemical. Many researchers have used water hyacinth, water lettuce and vetiver grass for the removal of water contaminants but their treatment capabilities depend on different factors like climate, contaminants of different concentrations, temperature, etc. Phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using water hyacinth article pdf available in international journal of phytoremediation 191 august 2016 with 557 reads how we measure reads. Phytoremediation has the potential to be implemented at mercury hg and methylmercury mehg contaminated sites.
Perspectives of phytoremediation using water hyacinth for removal of heavy metals, organic and inorganic pollutants in wastewater. Aquatic macrophytes like water hyacinth have been extensively used for phytoremediation of water contaminated with dyes khaiary 2007 and metals like cadmium, arsenic, lead, and chromium agunbiade et al. These contaminants should be treated before disposal. Three operating factors were investigated such as retention times 0 to 28 days, batik effluent strength 20, 30 and 60%, and number of water hyacinth clumps 8, 10 and 12 clumps. Physiological responses of water hyacinth, eichhornia. Water hyacinth can alter water clarity and decrease phytoplankton production, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous, heavy metals and concentrations of other contaminants. Water hyacinth is just beginning to be used for phytoremediation which is. Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes is one of the worlds most invasive aquatic plants and is known to cause significant ecological and socio. Recently, attention is being devoted to the utilization of water hyacinth since the efforts to control plant growth by chemical. Examples where phytoremediation has been used successfully include the restoration of abandoned metal mine workings, and sites where polychlorinated biphenyls have been dumped during manufacture and mitigation of ongoing coal mine discharges reducing the impact of contaminants in soils, water. Phytoremediation is considered to be a possible method for the removal of pollutants present in wastewater and recognized as a.
Because of the overmining and industrial effluents, soil and water are being extensively contaminated. This study was carried out to investigate the ability of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes mart. Water hyacinth is although reported to be as one of the most problematic plants worldwide due to its uncontrollable growth in water bodies but its quest for nutrient absorption has provided way for its usage in phytoremediation, along with the combination of herbicidal control, integratated biological control and watershed management. Water hyacinth control and possible uses introduction water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes water hyacinth is an aquatic plant which can live and reproduce floating freely on the surface of fresh waters or can be anchored in mud. Treatment of water using water hyacinth, water lettuce and. Water hyacinth for phytoremediation of radioactive waste. These heavy metals can easily enter into food chain and can cause many health issues. Extending the geographic reach of the water hyacinth plant in. Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes an efficient and economic adsorbent for textile effluent treatment a. One of the methods of overcoming this problem is the use of plants, and the method is called.
Water hyacinth also absorbs heavy metals tiwari et al. The disposals of industrial effluent can many heavy metals. Phytoremediation may be applied to polluted soil or static water environment. Pdf phytoremediation efficiencies of water hyacinth in. Plant size ranges from a few inches to a metre in height. The results show that sharp dock was a good accumulator of n and p. Eichhornia crassipes, commonly known as common water hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to the amazon basin, and is often a highly problematic invasive species outside its native range. Plants were collected from local area of jamshedpur, india. The water hyacinth was grown hydroponically in 300ml of 0. Nitrogen phytoremediation by water hyacinth eichhornia. The pollution of crude oil contaminated water has been a major problem in oil producing communities and the use of plant to clean such water bodies has.
The most common aquatic macrophytes being employed in wastewater treatment are water hyacinth, penny wort, water lettuce, water ferns and duck weeds, because they are cheaper. Phytoremediation is an effective process in the removal of heavy metal contaminant from soil and water. Pdf phytoremediation efficiencies of water hyacinth in removing. Application of floating aquatic plants in phytoremediation of. Pdf perspectives of phytoremediation using water hyacinth for. Water hyacinth, the worst aquatic weed was found to be nearly impossible to eradicate from the water bodies, though its quest for nutrients has given a possible way for its use in phytoremediation. After a week the plants were removed and digested and tested for metals using aas 9. These plants are being used successfully for the phytoremediation of trace. The aim of the present investigation is to develop a suitable phytoremediation technology for the effective removal of toxic hexavalent chromium from mines wastewater. Volume 10, supplement 2, may 2017, pages s3548s3558. Phytoremediation is the natural ability of certain plants to bioaccumulate, degrade, or render harmless contaminants in soils, water, or air.
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