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. The root length and shoot length of water hyacinth were measured on the initial day and after 21 days of growth using a centimeter scale and. Phytoremediation, water hyacinth, crude oil, concentrations and physicochemical abstract. This study was carried out to investigate the ability of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes mart. From march, 2008 training on good quality compost making from water hyacinth in a cost. Performance of aquatic plant species for phytoremediation of. Phytoremediation techniques in wastewater treatment. Heavy metals are among the most important sorts of contaminant in the environment. Key words phytoremediation, textile effluent, water hyacinth. Phytoremediation of ethion by water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes from water phytoremediation of ethion by water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes from water xia, huilong.
Dec 24, 2007 water hyacinth accumulates trace elements such as ag, pb, cd, etc. Phytoremediation is the name given to a set of technologies that use different plants as a containment, destruction, or an extraction technique. Materials and methods plant materials the study was conducted by using water hyacinth weeds eichhornia crassipes which served as tool of phytoremediation. Phytoremediation of textile process effluent by the use of water hyacinth is effective and efficient for the reduction of cod and metals present in the effluent. The whole setup was carried out in triplicate and the experiment lasted for 12 weeks. On contrary, water hyacinth is considered a candidate plant for tremendous advantages in economical industries and contaminated water treatment. Jan 02, 2017 the aim of the present investigation is to develop a suitable phytoremediation technology for the effective removal of toxic hexavalent chromium from mines wastewater.
The simplicity of the operating procedures of discontinuoustype. Bioremediation of a crude oil contaminated soil using water. Experiments for the comparative assessment of phytoremediation feasibility of water caltrop trapa natans l. The phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth plant eichhornia crassipes was investigated on some metals.
Figure 1, it can be seen that the trend of decreasing in concentration of mercury always occurs constantly from the 10th minute until the 100th minute. Request pdf phytoremediation of nitrogenpolluted water using water hyacinth aquatic plants can be used for treating eutrophicated water in a simple and costeffective manner, but many such. In the 46 to 48, there is no citation of the problems. Soil contamination by various inorganic and organic compounds has been a worldwide concern, and phytoremediation has benn received increasing attention for. Many of treatment techniques based on phytoremediation present limits regarding the treatment efficiency. Phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using.
Pdf phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater. Shoot and root length and dry biomass oven dried at 85 c for 36 h of different plant parts were measured. 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. Phytoremediation is cost effective, economically viable and environment friendly. Biogas production using water hyacinths to meet collective. Phytoremediation of metals contaminated distillery. Water hyacinth accumulates trace elements such as ag, pb, cd, etc.
Abstractphytoremediation is an emerging and ecofriendly green engineering technology that utilizes the natural properties of plants to remediate contaminated soils, water and sediments. The phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth, eichhornia crassipes mart. Vetiver grass can be grown as floating in water without the soil media hydroponic way. Phytoremediation of heavy metal polluted soils and water. Cyanide phytoremediation by water hyacinths eichhornia crassipes article pdf available in chemosphere 665. The level of heavy metal removal efficiency of ercury and to a speed of 70 mlsec can be seen in figure 6. This matrix lists all abstracted resources alphabetically by document type, identifies the type of. There are various techniques of phytoremediation which are applicable in wastewater treatment, in surface water and groundwater purification, in the removal of excessive nutritive substances from water.
The water hyacinth was grown hydroponically in 300ml of 0. After a week the plants were removed and digested and tested for metals using aas 9. Phytoremediation is the use of certain plants to clean up soil, sediment and water contaminated with metals andor. Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from industrial. Phytoremediation potential of some heavy metals by water. Wastewater from chromiumcontaminated mines exhibit potential threats for biotic community in the vicinity. Phytoremediation is an effective process in the removal of heavy metal contaminant from soil and water. It means that the treatment of phytoremediation with water hyacinth plants with the three treatments of debits might be the one option to reduce the concentration of mercury in the water body. Cesium has unknown vital biological role for plant while cobalt is. Some of these water sources are used for domestic water needs and they pose public health problems.
Phytoremediation of nitrogenpolluted water using water. Abstractthe wastewater at sukinda chromite mines scm area of orissa india showed high levels of toxic hexavalent chromium cr vi. This study shows water hyacinth to be a promising candidate for phytoremediation of wastewater polluted with cu, pb, zn, and cd. Physiological responses of water hyacinth, eichhornia. They were rinsed in distilled water and separated into leaves, shoots, and roots. The efficient role of aquatic plant water hyacinth in treating domestic wastewater in continuous system article in international journal of phytoremediation december 2015 impact factor. The phytoremediation technology in the recovery of mercury. Using the phytoremediation potential of aquatic macrophytes for the remov al of different cyanobacterial toxins from water. Form 23rd august, 07 end of november simple trial trial by using compost on vegetables. 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. 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 process, water hyacinth, sewage treatment.
Felani, phytoremediation of tapioca wastewater using water hyacinth plant eichornia crassipes, journal of degraded and mining land management, vol. Sorption of heavy metals onto nonliving water hyacinth roots. Fox thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor. Explore phytoremediation with free download of seminar report and ppt in pdf and doc format. A list of plants used in phytoremediation is given in table 9. Phytoremediation is based on the capability of plants to remove hazardous contaminants present in the environment. Solms, was examined in two independent studies under nitrogen n rates of 0, 40, 80, 100, 150, 200, and 300 ppm. The study was conducted with three concentration gradients of fe and cu at 10, 15, 20 mg l1 and control no metal.
Phytoremediation potential of some heavy metals by water hyacinth. Hence the objective of this study is to determine the phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth. Performance of aquatic plant species for phytoremediation. 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. Request pdf phytoremediation of nitrogenpolluted water using water hyacinth aquatic plants can be used for treating eutrophicated water in a simple and. Aquatic plants can be used in bioremediation phytoremediation especially to remediate sites contaminated with heavy metals. While the benefits of using phytoremediation to restore balance to a stressed environment seem to far outweigh the cost, the largest barrier to the advancement of phytoremediation could be the public opposition. The study involved the preparation of the heavy metals solutions in different concentrations their ph values supplemented into eight 40l plastic.
The aquatic saprophytes such as water hyacinth, duck weed and butterfly ferns are hyper accumulator and produce greater biomass and can be used for water treatment. Reduction in mercury shows a similar pattern from time to time. This means that the treatment of phytoremediation with water hyacinth plant is one option to decrease the concentration of mercury in water body. Phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using water hyacinth article pdf available in international journal of phytoremediation 191 august 2016. The treatment of wastewater and removal of pollutants before discharge into natural water reserves, remain a major concern of the 21 th century. These techniques are reported to be cost effective compared to other methods. Turn to the phytoremediation resource matrix located on pages ix through xxii of this guide. Sep 01, 2004 this paper elucidates the phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes mart.
Phytoremediation of nutrient polluted stormwater runoff. It is a high water consumer plant, and has a horrible dense mats of floating green blocks. Treatment of water using water hyacinth, water lettuce and. A water hyacinth species eichhornia crassipes was chosen to remediate the problem of cr vi pollution. The disappearance rate constants of ethion in culture solutions were 0. Perspectives of phytoremediation using water hyacinth for removal of heavy metals, organic and inorganic pollutants in wastewater. Phytoremediation, water hyacinth, aquatic macrophytes, municipal wastewater, bod, effluent 1. This paper elucidates the phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes mart. The aim of the present investigation is to develop a suitable phytoremediation technology for the effective removal of toxic hexavalent chromium from mines wastewater. Other than, it has wide acceptance in phytoremediation and it is considered as a good agent for bioaccumulation of heavy metals. Phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using water hyacinth. Therefore, water hyacinth was found to be a promising candidate for phytoremediation and adequate for biomonitoring programmes for metal. Several methods already used to clean up the environment from these kinds of contaminants, but most of them are costly and difficult to get optimum results. Also explore the seminar topics paper on phytoremediation with abstract or synopsis, documentation on advantages and disadvantages, base paper presentation slides for ieee final year chemical engineering chem or ieee chemical btech, be, mtech students for the year.
Also explore the seminar topics paper on phytoremediation with abstract or synopsis, documentation on advantages and disadvantages, base paper presentation slides for ieee final year chemical engineering chem or ieee chemical btech, be, mtech students for the year 2015 2016. Currently, phytoremediation is an effective and affordable technological solution used to extract or remove inactive metals and metal. When using this guide to identify resource information on phytoremediation technologies, you may wish to take the following steps. Pdf phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using. Phytoremediation of nitrogen as green chemistry for. Water hyacinth has been found to be an effective agent for reduction of metals present in distillery effluent, because of its high efficiency of removing pollutants from industrial waste water, especially organic pollutants and heavy metals which is in agreement with the results of present study. Various contaminants like total suspended solids, dissolved solids, electrical conductivity, hardness, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, dissolved.
Utilization of water hyacinth eichhorniacrassipes for. Biological remediation of hazardous pollutants using water. In order to improve the efficiency of nutrients abatement in gray water, the synergy between thalia geniculata. Phytoremediation techniques phytoremediation is one of the biological methods that can be used in remediation of polluted sites in situ. 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, or air. A water hyacinth species eichhornia crassipes was chosen to remediate the problem of cr vi pollution from wastewater. Nitrogen phytoremediation by water hyacinth eichhornia. In order to identify plants that can enhance the remediation of crude oil. Perspectives of phytoremediation using water hyacinth for. Phytoremediation seminar report, ppt, pdf for chemical. Phytoremediation of copper and lead by using sunflower. Bioremediation of a crude oil contaminated soil using. Water hyacinth for phytoremediation of radioactive waste.
Hence, the aims of the study were to determine the bioaccumulation capacity of e. Study on application of phytoremediation technology in. Read perspectives of phytoremediation using water hyacinth for removal of heavy metals, organic and inorganic pollutants in wastewater, journal of environmental management on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Shahabaldin rezania universiti teknologi malaysia 14 publications. The accumulation and translocation potential of cu by water hyacinth was higher than that of fe, indicating that water hyacinth can be primarily utilized as a good phytoaccumulator of cu and fe too. The hyacinths accounted for 6085% of the n removed from solution. Pdf phytoremediation efficiencies of water hyacinth in. Textile waste water treatment by using phytoremediation priyanka s. Under a mandate of national environmental laws, the agency strives to formulate and implement actions leading to a compatible balance between human. Solms for tn and tp rich industrial wastewaters determined for 15 weeks under different setups of 2fold 56 tn mgl and 15. 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. The aim of the present investigation is to develop a suitable phytoremediation technology for the effective removal of toxic hexavalent chromium from. Textile waste water treatment by using phytoremediation.
There are five basic types of phytoremediation techniques. Phytoremediation of iron fe and copper cu by water. Almoustapha et al biogas production using water hyacinths 29 figure 2. Felani, phytoremediation of tapioca wastewater using water hyacinth plant eichornia crassipes, journal of degraded and mining land. Water hyacinth causes numerous negative effects on. The efficient role of aquatic plant water hyacinth in. 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. The introduction starts with the definition of water hyacinth and its causes to the environment and society.
Phytoremediation may be applied to polluted soil or static water environment. Water samples contaminated with heavy metals zn, cu and pb were subjected to phytoremediation method using water hyacinth e. The longterm implication of green plant technology in removing or sequestering environmental. Phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using water. Phytoremediation of nitrogenpolluted water using water hyacinth. May 01, 2006 phytoremediation of ethion by water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes from water xia, huilong. A modified hoagland solution was added to ponds containing water hyacinths which were rated and measured weekly for 4 weeks. Phytoremediation techniques for the treatment of different types of wastewater have been used by several researchers. Phytoremediation of ethion by water hyacinth eichhornia. Phytoremediation of metals contaminated distillery effluent. The effectiveness of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes and two locally available algae, chlorodesmis sp. Similarly, efficient treatment performance of cod 95% and nh 3n 85% in treating domestic wastewater by water hyacinth was reported by rezania et al. Jun 17, 2015 the effectiveness of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes and two locally available algae, chlorodesmis sp.
The use of water plants in biomonitoring and phytoremediation. Although the process is efficient, it consumes more time and requires higher land area. For example, water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes has been used for purifying not only domestic wastewater but also industrial wastewater. The plants were grown for 7 days each in phytoremediation tanks containing a solution of 100 ppm concentration of either potassium k, sodium na, zinc zn, lead pb, iron fe, cadmium cd, magnesium mg, copper cu or calcium ca. I suggest consulting the paper of rezania et al 2015 for instance perspectives of phytoremediation using water. Their results were specified in class iia inwqs operating in stable mode with optimum growth rate of 18 days for water hyacinth.