Potential of some aquatic plants for removal of arsenic from wastewater by green technology
Phytoremediation or green technology is counted among the successful and effective biological contaminated water treatment techniques. Basically, the concept of this green, cost-effective, simple, environmentally nondisruptive method consists in using plants and microbiological processes to reduce c...
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| description | Phytoremediation or green technology is counted among the successful and effective biological contaminated water treatment techniques. Basically, the concept of this green, cost-effective, simple, environmentally nondisruptive method consists in using plants and microbiological processes to reduce contaminants in the ecosystem. Different species from aquatic plants (emerged, free-floating, and submerged) have been studied to mitigate toxic contaminants such as arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, zinc, etc. Arsenic is one of the most severe toxic elements; it is widely distributed in the environment, usually found in combination with chloride, oxygen, sulphur and metal ions as a result of mineral dissolution from sedimentary or volcanic rocks and the dilution of geothermal water. The effluents from both industrial and agricultural sectors are also regarded as sources to contaminate water. From the accumulation point of view, several aquatic plants have been mentioned as good arsenic accumulators and their performance is evaluated using the green technology method. These include Spirodela polyrhiza, Wolffia globosa, Lemna gibba, L. minor, Eichhornia crassipes, Azolla caroliniana, Azolla filiculoides, Azolla pinnata, Ceratophyllum demersum and Pistia stratiotes. The up-to-date information illustrated in this review paper generates knowledge about the ability of some common aquatic plants around the globe to remediate arsenic from contaminated water. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c0b85d78ddc4d60b3f5099c86eae5d62024-08-03T12:01:39ZengMDPI AGLimnological Review2300-75752015-03-01151152010.2478/limre-2015-0002limre-2015-0002Potential of some aquatic plants for removal of arsenic from wastewater by green technologyMohammed Barznji Dana A.0School of Marine Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK Soil and Water Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sulaimani University, Sulaimani, Kurdistan-IraqPhytoremediation or green technology is counted among the successful and effective biological contaminated water treatment techniques. Basically, the concept of this green, cost-effective, simple, environmentally nondisruptive method consists in using plants and microbiological processes to reduce contaminants in the ecosystem. Different species from aquatic plants (emerged, free-floating, and submerged) have been studied to mitigate toxic contaminants such as arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, zinc, etc. Arsenic is one of the most severe toxic elements; it is widely distributed in the environment, usually found in combination with chloride, oxygen, sulphur and metal ions as a result of mineral dissolution from sedimentary or volcanic rocks and the dilution of geothermal water. The effluents from both industrial and agricultural sectors are also regarded as sources to contaminate water. From the accumulation point of view, several aquatic plants have been mentioned as good arsenic accumulators and their performance is evaluated using the green technology method. These include Spirodela polyrhiza, Wolffia globosa, Lemna gibba, L. minor, Eichhornia crassipes, Azolla caroliniana, Azolla filiculoides, Azolla pinnata, Ceratophyllum demersum and Pistia stratiotes. The up-to-date information illustrated in this review paper generates knowledge about the ability of some common aquatic plants around the globe to remediate arsenic from contaminated water.https://doi.org/10.2478/limre-2015-0002green technologyaquatic plantsarsenichyper-accumulator |
| spellingShingle | Mohammed Barznji Dana A. Potential of some aquatic plants for removal of arsenic from wastewater by green technology Limnological Review green technology aquatic plants arsenic hyper-accumulator |
| title | Potential of some aquatic plants for removal of arsenic from wastewater by green technology |
| title_full | Potential of some aquatic plants for removal of arsenic from wastewater by green technology |
| title_fullStr | Potential of some aquatic plants for removal of arsenic from wastewater by green technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potential of some aquatic plants for removal of arsenic from wastewater by green technology |
| title_short | Potential of some aquatic plants for removal of arsenic from wastewater by green technology |
| title_sort | potential of some aquatic plants for removal of arsenic from wastewater by green technology |
| topic | green technology aquatic plants arsenic hyper-accumulator |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/limre-2015-0002 |
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