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- Title
Phytoremediation potential of Chrysopogon zizanioides for treating domestic wastewater.
- Authors
Jambhali, Smita V.; Ghayal, Nivedita A.
- Abstract
Water is a vital natural resource. But human activities have severely detoriated water resources by discharging untreated or partly treated sewage in water bodies. Phytoremediation is an emerging branch of plant sciences for removing contaminants from water, soil, and sediments along with various types of wastewater. It is a very promising tool in wastewater management which is cost effective and utilises the ability of plants in restoration of the surrounding environment. In the present study, the phytoremediation potential of Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) was assessed for domestic wastewater treatment by using constructed wetlands. Water samples were collected before and after phyto–treatment and their physico–chemical parameters were analysed. In all phyto-treatment units by using C. zizanioides there was percent reduction of TSS (57.92 to 89.34%), TDS (43.32 to 88.07%), TS (48.16 to 88.07%), Total Alkalinity (12.73 to 28.02%), Chlorides (12.92 to 41.14%),BOD (58.10 to 88.85%), COD (48.19 to 85.55%), Phosphates (47.62 to 88.77%) and Nitrates (29.72 to 88.76%). The results indicated that C. zizanioides is a very efficient plant in the decentralized phyto–treatment of domestic wastewater.
- Subjects
CONSTRUCTED wetlands; SEWAGE; NATURAL resources; BODIES of water; BOTANY
- Publication
South Asian Journal of Experimental Biology, 2024, Vol 14, Issue 1, p36
- ISSN
2230-9799
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.38150/sajeb.14(1).p36-44