Phytoremediation potential of some heavy metals by water. Polii1,4, soemarno1,5 1evironmental science and technology graduate program, brawijaya university, indonesia. This study investigates the effectiveness of aquatic macrophyte and microphyte for phytoremediation of water bodies contaminated with high arsenic concentration. Bioremediation of a crude oil contaminated soil using. The technique of phytoremediation is an engineered natural way. The prospect of using water hyacinth as substrate for biogas production is auspicious. Phytoremediation of metals contaminated distillery effluent. 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. Phytoremediation of heavy metals from industrial effluent. Phytoremediation of arsenic from geothermal power plant. Similarly, efficient treatment performance of cod 95% and nh 3n 85% in treating domestic wastewater by water hyacinth was reported by rezania et al. This paper elucidates the phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes mart. Response of water hyacinth manure on growth attributes and yield in works 21, 10, 31. Phytoremediation, water hyacinth, crude oil, concentrations and physicochemical abstract.
This was done by rinsing the electrode of the multiparameter water checker with distilled water, after which it was dipped into the water sample, allowed to stabilize and the readings determined. Water hyacinth is an aquatic plant which can live and reproduce floating freely on the surface of. Jun 17, 2015 the effectiveness of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes and two locally available algae, chlorodesmis sp. Phytoremediation is the natural ability of certain plants to bioaccumulate, degrade, or render harmless contaminants in soils, water, or air. 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 laboratory conditions.
The phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth, eichhornia crassipes mart. Phytoremediation of textile waste water using potential. International journal of health sciences and research. Water hyacinth root compost has nevertheless been used with good results as a propagation medium for house plants trivedy and gudekar, 1987. Didik wisnu widjajanto, kozo matsushita, terumasa honmura and nobufumi miyauchi keywords. Some of these water sources are used for domestic water needs and they pose public health problems. Approximately 490 to 500 g of water hyacinth plants were put into each. Ecological and socioeconomic utilization n jafari believed to be carcinogenic in concentrations 10,000 times that in the surrounding water.
Phytoremediation, cleaning the soil with plants daves. As for the chromium removal, water hyacinth showed promising results as a hyperaccumulator. The whole setup was carried out in triplicate and the experiment lasted for 12 weeks. After 7 days of adaptation, the water hyacinth plants which were grown were collected, excess water was removed and the weight of the plant was taken. Studies on the release of n from water hyacinth incorporated. Phytoremediation of nutrient polluted stormwater runoff. Phytoremediation of arsenic from geothermal power plant waste water using monochoria vaginalis, salvinia molesta and colocasia esculenta hariyadi1,2, b.
Phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using. Alkubaisi college of science for women, university of baghdad, iraq corresponding author abstract introduction water contamination by heavy metals in some area is practically inevitable due to. Water hyacinths grow over a wide variety of wetland types from lakes, streams, ponds. Keywords phytoremediation, constructed wetlands, waste water treatment, water hyacinth, water lettuce, vetiver grass. Phosphorus uptake rates for water hyacinth have been estimated to be as high as 243 mg m2 day1 reddy and debusk, 1985. Performance of aquatic plant species for phytoremediation of. The presence of such minerals as carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in the ground water hyacinth was determined to confirm the remediating properties of the water hyacinth grass. Uptake of heavy metals by natural zeolite during agitated. Removal of lead from water by using aquatic plants ceratophyllum demersum and eichhorina crassipes ansam s. Water hyacinth have brought the ph of the water to neutral and within 9 days of. Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from industrial. Keywords phytoremediation, constructed wetlands, wastewater treatment, water hyacinth, water lettuce, vetiver grass. Experimental studies of furfural production from water hyacinth.
Solms for tn and tp rich industrial wastewaters determined for 15 weeks under different setups of 2fold 56 tn mgl and 15. The need to test for the efficacy of a floating aquatic macrophyte like water hyacinth is important because most of the oil spills occur on water bodies and would need a floating aquatic plant to absorb the oil. Tao ruan, a rong zeng, b, xiaoyan yin, a senxiang zhang, a and zhonghua yang a, c, water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes is an invasive floating plant that has caused many environmental problems in asia. Water hyacinth is already being used to clean up waste water in small scale. Treatment of grey water using technique of phytoremediation. Characterized waste water parameters before and after treatment fig. Water hyacinth treatment systems in agricultural watersheds. Textile waste water treatment by using phytoremediation. Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes is a fast growing, perennial aquatic weed. The major problems caused by aquatic weed infestation have been identified as. Lemna is a genus of freesocial issues and environmental problems,vol. Performance of aquatic plant species for phytoremediation. The presence of aquatic macrophytes in water body alters. Phytoremediation is one of the biological wastewater treatment methods1, and is the concept of using plants based systems and microbiological processes to eliminate contaminants in nature.
The following is a brief summary of several studies on the use of plants in the phytoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons. Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes biomass as a biofuel feedstock by enzymatic hydrolysis. Extending the geographic reach of the water hyacinth plant. Water hyacinth for phytoremediation of radioactive waste. A mass balance was conducted to evaluate the phytoremediation. Kalamdhad 2012a, 20a suggested that mixture of 90 kg water hyacinth, 45 kg cattle manure and 15 kg sawdust was best combination for reduction of bioavailability of heavy metals during water hyacinth composting, therefore in this study same combination was. Water hyacinth a potential phytoremediator and biofertilizer. Water hyacinth causes problems in many regions of the world by disturbing human activities such as fishing, irrigation and navigation. Ecological and socioeconomic utilization of water hyacinth.
Water hyacinth is a distinctive, freefloating plant known for its. The act requires everyone to take all reasonable and practical steps to minimise the risks associated with invasive plants and animals under their control. Phytoremediation, cleaning the soil with plants daves garden. The development of ecofriendly and efficient technologies for treating wastewater is one of the attractive research area. Treatment of water using water hyacinth, water lettuce and. The study was conducted with three concentration gradients of fe and cu at 10, 15, 20 mg l 1 and control no metal. Water hyacinth bioremediation for ceramic industry. The study was conducted with three concentration gradients of fe and cu at 10, 15, 20 mg l1 and control no metal. Perspectives of phytoremediation using water hyacinth for. Their results were specified in class iia inwqs operating in stable mode with optimum growth rate of 18 days for water hyacinth.
Phytoremediation of nitrogenpolluted water using water hyacinth article in journal of plant nutrition 3011. Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes, plant and graphic eichhornia crassipes water hyacinth is a member of pickerelweed family pontederiaceae. 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. The study involved the preparation of the heavy metals solutions in different concentrations their ph values supplemented into eight 40l plastic. The nutritive value of water hyacinth wichhornia crassipes. Nov 01, 2015 water hyacinth is one of the ancient technology that has been still used in the modern era. Compared with the situation in 1960, few people now use water hyacinth plants to feed pigs or ducks, or to make fertilisers. Duckweed, eichhornia crassipes water hyacinth and hydrilla verticillata hydrilla etc.
Abstractscarcity of water has become a major issue. Under a mandate of national environmental laws, the agency strives to formulate and implement actions leading to a compatible balance between human. Removal of lead from water by using aquatic plants and. Phytoremediation is considered to be a possible method for the removal of pollutants present in wastewater and recognized as a. 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. In favorable environmental conditions, an individual water hyacinth can produce 140 million daughter plants annually. Analytical methods water samples were collected in plastic bottles that had been previously soaked in 10% nitric acid for 48 hours and thoroughly rinsed with deionizeddistilled water. Water hyacinth compost total plant, however, presents a problem because the fiber is not degraded. In order to identify plants that can enhance the remediation of crude oil. The plants were washed by tap water and kept in sunny place with a gradual addition of tap water versus the selfenvironmental water for nearly one week before using in the experimental work. Water samples contaminated with heavy metals zn, cu and pb were subjected to phytoremediation method using water hyacinth e.
Phytoremediation potential of some heavy metals by water hyacinth. Nitrogen phytoremediation by water hyacinth eichhornia. Water hyacinth have brought the ph of the water to neutral and within 9 days of treatment water was converted to alkaline state. Bioremediation of a crude oil contaminated soil using water.
Another benefit is that it covers the site with an attractive layer of plants that prevents wind and water from carrying the pollution to other places. Phytoremediation of metals contaminated distillery. Ting and others published application of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes for phytoremediation of ammoniacal nitrogen. It is one of the most widespread water plants in ivorian waters. This high solid removal is attributed to the ability. Phytoremediation is the name given to a set of technologies that use different plants as a containment, destruction, or an extraction technique.
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 of industrial mines wastewater using water. This study was carried out to investigate the ability of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes mart. The study was conducted by using water hyacinth weeds eichhornia crassipes which served as tool of phytoremediation. Secondly, our study is the first paper to have reported phytoremediation using the water hyacinth plant at three different levels bench, bankside and inriver. Materials and methods this research was conducted on june until august 2015 on the ability of water hyacinth plants eichhornia crassipes with a variety of flow rates by using mechanism as a continuing flow. Solms, was examined in two independent studies under nitrogen n rates of 0, 40, 80, 100, 150, 200, and 300 ppm. The analyzed water hyacinth contained appreciable amounts of crude protein 10. These can accumulate as, ni, cu, pb, zn, hg and cr and can be used to accumulate, detoxify and immobilize pollutants from waste water.
Bhutiani and others published phytoremediation efficiency of water hyacinth e. It also form micro habitat for some aquatic animals, birds and disease vectors. 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 wastewater at sukinda chromite mines scm area of orissa india showed high levels of toxic hexavalent chromium cr vi. 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. Fox thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor. This process is aided by the buoyant leaf bases, with leaves also acting as sails. A modified hoagland solution was added to ponds containing water hyacinths which were rated and measured weekly for 4 weeks. Phytoremediation, water hyacinth, aquatic macrophytes, municipal wastewater, bod, effluent 1. The hyacinths accounted for 6085% of the n removed from solution. It is a free floating except when stranded in mud aquatic plant 10. 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. Their results were specified in class iia inwqs operating in stable mode with.
It was dried and ground into powder using a grinding mill. Growth from a single plant can cover 60 m2 in one season. Water hyacinth plant was harvested from a river in bayelsa state. This result signifies the rapid use of nitrate by the test plant. Water hyacinth is one of the ancient technology that has been still used in the modern era. Response of water hyacinth manure on growth attributes and. Utilization of water hyacinth eichhorniacrassipes for. Phytoremediation of iron fe and copper cu by water. High solid removal was recorded in waste water collected from all point. May 31, 2012 water hyacinth naturally absorbs pollutants from water, including cadmium, chromium, mercury, lead, zinc, cesium, strontium90, uranium, and pesticides.
Plants were collected from local area of jamshedpur, india. Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes many proposals have been put forward to explain the possible mechanism involved in the water hyacinthbased treatment systems 4346. Response of water hyacinth manure on growth attributes. Studies on the release of n from water hyacinth incorporated into soilcrop systems using 15nlabeling techniques author. Pdf phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using.
Water hyacinth bioremediation for ceramic industry wastewater. The longterm implication of green plant technology in removing or sequestering environmental. Phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater using water hyacinth. With the increasing population water demand also increases. Pdf phytoremediation efficiency of water hyacinth e. Available and renewable resource article pdf available in electronic journal of environmental, agricultural and food chemistry 911. Although the process is efficient, it consumes more time and requires higher land area. 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. Utilization of water hyacinth relevant in water treatment and. Water hyacinths grow over a wide variety of wetland types from lakes, streams, ponds, waterways, ditches, and backwater areas. The phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth plant eichhornia crassipes was investigated on some metals. Phytoremediation of nitrogenpolluted water using water hyacinth.
Recovery of mercury pollution by using water hyacinth plant eichhornia crassipes for water quality of irrigation. Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes biomass as a biofuel. The decomposition of the plants if large biomass of the plants were killed at once, can use up. Water hyacinth have been found to reduce phosphorus levels in treatment systems by as much as 93% reddy and debusk, 1985. Efficiently removing and utilizing this biomass has become an urgent issue.
Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipus belongs to the family pontederiaceae with axillary leaves, appearing to develop in rosettes, with long or short petioles. Pdf phytoremediation of industrial mines wastewater. Water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes and two algae chlorodesmis sp. Water hyacinth naturally absorbs pollutants from water, including cadmium, chromium, mercury, lead, zinc, cesium, strontium90, uranium, and pesticides. Sep 01, 2004 this paper elucidates the phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes mart. The efficient role of aquatic plant water hyacinth in. Phytoremediation of lead from wastewater using aquatic plants. It is extremely fast growing and has lovely blossoms, mostly lavender to pink. Phytoremediation of nitrogenpolluted water using water.
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