Organic and inorganic nutrients removal from pig slurry by water hyacinth

Arroyo, María del Mar Delgado; Guardiola, E.; Bigeriego, M.

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“…It has a huge potential for removal of the vast range of pollutants from wastewater [42,[102][103][104] and has the ability to grow in severe polluted waters [105]. It is also used to improve the quality of water by reducing the levels of organic, inorganic nutrients [106] and heavy metals [19,[107][108][109][110]. Presence of its fibrous root system and broad leaves help them to absorb higher concentrations of heavy meta ls [111].…”

Section: Efficiency Of Water Hyacinth In Reduction Of Water Contaminantsmentioning

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Treatment of Water Using Water Hyacinth, Water Lettuce and Vetiver Grass - A Review

Gupta¹,

Roy²,

Mahindrakar³

2012

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Phytoremediat ion techniques for the treatment of different types of wastewater have been used by several researchers. These techniques are reported to be cost effective compared to other methods. Various contaminants like total suspended solids, dissolved solids, electrical conductivity, hardness, biochemical o xygen demand, chemical o xygen demand, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous, heavy metals, and other contaminants have been minimized using water hyacinth, water lettuce and vetiver grass. In this paper, role of these plant species, origin and their occurrence, ecological factors and their efficiency in reduction of different water contaminants have been presented.

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Section: Efficiency Of Water Hyacinth In Reduction Of Water Contaminantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Treatment of Water Using Water Hyacinth, Water Lettuce and Vetiver Grass - A Review

Gupta¹,

Roy²,

Mahindrakar³

2012

114

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“…It is one of the most widespread water plants in Nigerian waters. The plant has been used successfully in wastewater treatment systems to improve water quality by reducing the levels of organic and inorganic nutrients (Delgado et al 1995). Water hyacinth reduces levels of heavy metals in acid-mine water with little signs of toxicity (Falbo and Weaks 1990).…”

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Phytoremediation of heavy metals by Eichhornia crassipes

Odjegba

Fasidi

2007

Environmentalist

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Eichhornia crassipes was tested for its ability to bioconcentrate 8 toxic metals (Ag, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn) commonly found in wastewater from industries. Young plants of equal size were grown hydroponically and amended with 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, 3.0, and 5.0 mM of each heavy metal individually for 21 days. The test plant had the lowest and the highest tolerance indices for Hg and Zn, respectively. A significant (P £ .05) reduction in biomass production was observed in metal treated plants compared with the control. All strace elements accumulated to higher concentrations in roots than in shoots. Trace element concentrations in tissues and the bioconcentration factors (BCF) were proportional to the initial concentration of individual metal in the growth medium and the duration of exposure. From a phytoremediation perspective, E. crassipes is a promising plant species for remediation of natural water bodies and/or wastewater polluted with low levels of Zn, Cr, Cu, Cd, Pb, Ag and Ni.

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“…The plant has fast growth, large biomass, and tolerance for many metals/metalloids such as arsenic (Alvarado et al, 2008), silver (Pinto et al, 1987), cadmium (Agunbiade et al, 2009), chromium (Mishra and Tripathi, 2009), copper (So et al, 2003), iron (Jayaweera et al, 2008), nickel (Hadad et al, 2011), lead (Smolyakov, 2012), and zinc (Lu et al, 2004) as well as organics such as naphthalene (NesterenkoMalkovskaya et al, 2012), ethion (Xia and Ma, 2006), and phenol (Nora and Jesus, 1997). Water hyacinth has also been used to improve the water quality of pulp and paper mill effluent (Yedla et al, 2002), wastewater treatment systems (Delgado et al, 1995), and dairy waste water (Trivedy and Pattanshetty, 2002). It can also reduce the level of heavy metals from acid mine drainage water (Falbo and Weaks, 1990) and petroleum refinery effluents (Ismail and Beddri, 2009), which makes it a good candidate for phytoremediation.…”

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Physiological responses of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms,to cadmium and its phytoremediation potential

Das¹,

Goswami²,

Talukdar³

2016

Turk J Biol

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Eichhornia crassipes is an abundant floating aquatic weed that has great potential for cadmium (Cd) remediation owing to its large biomass and relatively high tolerance and accumulation capabilities. This study was conducted with Eichhornia in 5, 10, 15, and 20 mg L -1 CdCl 2 in a hydroponic system for 21 days, and the Cd concentrations in the roots, shoots, and leaves were estimated. The plant showed tolerance, but at high Cd concentrations declines in biomass, root length, and leaf area were observed. Leaves showed a progressive decline in chlorophyll, carotenoid, and soluble protein and a significant elevation in lipid peroxidation. Cd uptake gradually increased in all the plant tissues up to 15 mg L -1 exposure, but at 20 mg L -1 the accumulation declined. Shoot tissues accumulated more Cd than root and leaf tissues. The highest accumulation by the plant was 1927.83 µg g -1 dry wt at 15 mg L -1 Cd. The maximum leaf, shoot, and root bioconcentration factors were 179.05, 187.59, and 169.3, respectively, and the maximum translocation factor of 1.003 was observed at 5 mg L -1 Cd. The root-to-leaf translocation of Cd was 100% efficient for all the doses of Cd exposure, except for 20 mg L -1 . The results of this study suggested that water hyacinth tolerated phytotoxic concentrations of up to 15 mg L -1 and efficiently hyperaccumulated Cd in its above-ground tissues.

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Organic and inorganic nutrients removal from pig slurry by water hyacinth

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

Treatment of Water Using Water Hyacinth, Water Lettuce and Vetiver Grass - A Review

Treatment of Water Using Water Hyacinth, Water Lettuce and Vetiver Grass - A Review

Phytoremediation of heavy metals by Eichhornia crassipes

Physiological responses of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms,to cadmium and its phytoremediation potential

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