Among all method investigated presently, phytoremediation by amats aquatic macrophytes treatment systems is a well established environmental protective technique. 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. Extending the geographic reach of the water hyacinth plant. Remediation of lead pb and copper cu using water hyacinth. The present study focused on the phytoremediation efficiency of water hyacinth for the batik effluent treatment.
The phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth, eichhornia crassipes mart. 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. 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. Water hyacinth can alter water clarity and decrease phytoplankton production, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous, heavy metals and concentrations of other contaminants. Phytoremediation of textile waste water using potential. Plant size ranges from a few inches to a metre in height.
Water hyacinth for phytoremediation of radioactive waste. Pdf phytoremediation potential of some heavy metals by. 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. Phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using water hyacinth article pdf available in international journal of phytoremediation 191 august 2016. Key words phytoremediation, textile effluent, water hyacinth.
Introduction water shortage in india will be a key issue for its sustainable development in the future. Phytoremediation may be applied to polluted soil or static water environment. Physiological responses of water hyacinth, eichhornia. Phytoremediation process, water hyacinth, sewage treatment. C thai provides habitat to a num ber ofsmall organisms, fasjgrowing plants such as duck. 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. This paper elucidates the phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes mart. W1 1 department of environmental engineering, universitas islam indonesia, indonesia abstract. Previous investigations have demonstrated the promise.
Effect of water hyacinth infestation on the physicochemical characteristics of lake naivasha john momanyi mironga department of geography. Utilization of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes as phytore mediation plant in vannamei shrimp aquaculture sewage treatment widodo b1, eko siswoyo1, adam ikhya a. Phytoremediation efficiencies of water hyacinth in. Benchscale investigation of mercury phytoremediation by. Phytoremediation of heavy metal polluted soils and water. Phytoremediation of heavy metals from industrial effluent.
Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes an efficient and. Phytoremediation has the potential to be implemented at mercury hg and methylmercury mehg contaminated sites. 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 process is the use of plants to remediate contamination by the uptake of contaminated water by plants. Phytoremediation, water hyacinth, crude oil, concentrations and physicochemical. 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. The study was conducted with three concentration gradients of fe and cu at 10, 15, 20 mg l1 and control no metal. Nitrogen phytoremediation by water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes mart. 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 of copper and lead by using sunflower. Recently, attention is being devoted to the utilization of water hyacinth since the efforts to control plant growth by chemical. Plants were collected from local area of jamshedpur, india. 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.
Phytoremediation efficiencies of water hyacinth in removing heavy metals in domestic sewage a case study of university of ilorin, nigeria. This study investigates the effectiveness of aquatic macrophyte and microphyte for phytoremediation of water bodies contaminated with high arsenic concentration. Phytoremediation of metal contaminated soil and water by eichhornia crassipes water hyacinth is promising. Phytoremediation efficiency of water hyacinth for batik. Wastewater from chromiumcontaminated mines exhibit potential threats for biotic community in the vicinity. One of the methods of overcoming this problem is the use of plants, and the method is called.
Solms, was examined in two independent studies under nitrogen n. Water hyacinth is highly temperaturedependent species and it can be found in subtropical and tropical regions 85,86. Treatment of water using water hyacinth, water lettuce and. Performance of aquatic plant species for phytoremediation. To address these concerns, it is necessary to integrate past studies with current rese. Nitrogen phytoremediation by water hyacinth eichhornia. 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. 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. Application of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes for.
Solms, was examined in two independent studies under nitrogen n rates of 0, 40, 80, 100, 150, 200, and 300 ppm. The results show that sharp dock was a good accumulator of n and p. Pdf phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater. 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. 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. Pdf phytoremediation efficiencies of water hyacinth in. Environmental pollution is a major cause of concern. Phytoremediation efficiencies of water hyacinth in removing heavy metals in domestic sewage a case study of university of ilorin, nigeria december 20 doi. Phytoremediation is an effective process in the removal of heavy metal contaminant from soil and water.
The whole setup was carried out in triplicate and the experiment lasted for 12 weeks. Phytoremediation of iron fe and copper cu by water. In order to identify plants that can enhance the remediation of crude oil. Phytoremediation, water hyacinth, crude oil, concentrations and physicochemical abstract. 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 hyacinth eichhornia crassipes an efficient and economic adsorbent for textile effluent treatment a. Phytoremediation is considered to be a possible method for the removal of pollutants present in wastewater and recognized as a. Water hyacinth, duckweed and water lettuce are the most frequently used free floating plants for the remediation of heavy metals from wastewater. 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.
A modified hoagland solution was added to ponds containing water hyacinths which were rated and measured weekly for 4 weeks. The study was conducted by using water hyacinth weeds eichhornia crassipes which served as tool of phytoremediation. Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes has been used for environmentally sustainable phytoremediation of water, though its use has been. Physiological responses of water hyacinth, eichhornia crassipes mart. Perspectives of phytoremediation using water hyacinth for. The water hyacinth was grown hydroponically in 300ml of 0. Eichhornia crassipes appears to be one of the most promising aquatic plants for the treatment of wastewater and has. 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. Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes and two algae chlorodesmis sp. Water hyacinth and duckweed strongly accumulated cd with a concentration of.
Because of the overmining and industrial effluents, soil and water are being extensively contaminated. 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. A water hyacinth species eichhornia crassipes was chosen to remediate the problem of cr vi pollution from wastewater. This study was carried out to investigate the ability of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes mart. Phytoremediation of wastewater toxicity using water. Application of floating aquatic plants in phytoremediation of. 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. Water hyacinth is just beginning to be used for phytoremediation which is. A mass balance was conducted to evaluate the phytoremediation.
Water hyacinth also absorbs heavy metals tiwari et al. Water hyacinth, any aquatic plant of the genus eichhornia of the pickerelweed family pontederiaceae, consisting of about five species, native primarily to tropical america. Solms for tn and tp rich industrial wastewaters determined for 15 weeks under different setups of 2fold 56 tn mgl and 15. The species name crassipes is derived from latin, meaning thickfooted of thickstalked. Solms, was examined in two independent studies under nitrogen n rates of 0, 40, 80, 100, 150, 200, and 300ppm. Extending the geographic reach of the water hyacinth plant in. Phytoremediation is the use of certain plants to clean up soil, sediment and water contaminated with metals andor. These heavy metals can easily enter into food chain and can cause many health issues. 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. Vetiver grass can be grown as floating in water without the soil media hydroponic way. 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 disposals of industrial effluent can many heavy metals. Phytoremediation potential of some heavy metals by water hyacinth article pdf available in international journal of biological and chemical sciences 42. Pdf perspectives of phytoremediation using water hyacinth for. 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. These contaminants should be treated before disposal. These plants are being used successfully for the phytoremediation of trace. Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes is one of the worlds most invasive aquatic plants and is known to cause significant ecological and socio. 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. The aim of the present investigation is to develop a suitable phytoremediation technology for the effective. A water hyacinth species eichhornia crassipes was chosen to remediate the problem of cr vi pollution from waste water. Abstractthe wastewater at sukinda chromite mines scm area of orissa india showed high levels of toxic hexavalent chromium cr vi. Greywater, hydroponics, phytoremediation, water hyacinth, water lettuce i. Pdf phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using water.
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