Artificial Floating Island with <i>Vetiver</i> for Treatment of Arsenic-Contaminated Water: A Real Scale Study in High-Andean Reservoir
Arsenic found in agriculture water reservoirs represents a threat to water security and safe agricultural products in developing countries. Small farms do not implement traditional water treatments due to the high cost; hence, a nature-based solution is an alternative to tackling this challenge. Thi...
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| author | Kalina Marcela Fonseca Largo Joseline Luisa Ruiz Depablos Edgar Fabián Espitia-Sarmiento Nataly Marisol Llugsha Moreta |
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| description | Arsenic found in agriculture water reservoirs represents a threat to water security and safe agricultural products in developing countries. Small farms do not implement traditional water treatments due to the high cost; hence, a nature-based solution is an alternative to tackling this challenge. This paper investigated the potential of artificial floating island with <i>Vetiver</i> (AFIV) for the geogenic arsenic removal present in the reservoir of the Ilinizas páramo in Ecuador. We constructed two AFIV systems using PVC pipes in a reservoir batch type with a 3.6 m<sup>3</sup> treatment capacity. Arsenic and iron were analyzed in duplicated every 30 days at the affluent and effluent through 120 days. The average remediation of arsenic was recorded as 97% in water and 84% in sediment, while the average remediation of iron was 87% in sediment. The survival rate of macrophytes was 92%; they accumulated arsenic in its roots that acted as a barrier against the translocation. The research demonstrated that the use of AFIV has the potential to rehabilitate reservoirs contaminated with arsenic under adverse climatic conditions such as the páramo ecosystem. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-faa9f13e11a1476486cda03684d9490e2023-11-20T19:42:28ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412020-11-011211308610.3390/w12113086Artificial Floating Island with <i>Vetiver</i> for Treatment of Arsenic-Contaminated Water: A Real Scale Study in High-Andean ReservoirKalina Marcela Fonseca Largo0Joseline Luisa Ruiz Depablos1Edgar Fabián Espitia-Sarmiento2Nataly Marisol Llugsha Moreta3Water Resources Management Group, Technical University of Cotopaxi (UTC), Latacunga 050104, EcuadorWater Resources Management Group, Technical University of Cotopaxi (UTC), Latacunga 050104, EcuadorWater and Aquatic Resources Research Group (GIRHA), Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Tena 150101, EcuadorWater Resources Management Group, Technical University of Cotopaxi (UTC), Latacunga 050104, EcuadorArsenic found in agriculture water reservoirs represents a threat to water security and safe agricultural products in developing countries. Small farms do not implement traditional water treatments due to the high cost; hence, a nature-based solution is an alternative to tackling this challenge. This paper investigated the potential of artificial floating island with <i>Vetiver</i> (AFIV) for the geogenic arsenic removal present in the reservoir of the Ilinizas páramo in Ecuador. We constructed two AFIV systems using PVC pipes in a reservoir batch type with a 3.6 m<sup>3</sup> treatment capacity. Arsenic and iron were analyzed in duplicated every 30 days at the affluent and effluent through 120 days. The average remediation of arsenic was recorded as 97% in water and 84% in sediment, while the average remediation of iron was 87% in sediment. The survival rate of macrophytes was 92%; they accumulated arsenic in its roots that acted as a barrier against the translocation. The research demonstrated that the use of AFIV has the potential to rehabilitate reservoirs contaminated with arsenic under adverse climatic conditions such as the páramo ecosystem.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/11/3086Arsenic uptakeartificial floating islandphytoremediation<i>Vetiver</i> |
| spellingShingle | Kalina Marcela Fonseca Largo Joseline Luisa Ruiz Depablos Edgar Fabián Espitia-Sarmiento Nataly Marisol Llugsha Moreta Artificial Floating Island with <i>Vetiver</i> for Treatment of Arsenic-Contaminated Water: A Real Scale Study in High-Andean Reservoir Water Arsenic uptake artificial floating island phytoremediation <i>Vetiver</i> |
| title | Artificial Floating Island with <i>Vetiver</i> for Treatment of Arsenic-Contaminated Water: A Real Scale Study in High-Andean Reservoir |
| title_full | Artificial Floating Island with <i>Vetiver</i> for Treatment of Arsenic-Contaminated Water: A Real Scale Study in High-Andean Reservoir |
| title_fullStr | Artificial Floating Island with <i>Vetiver</i> for Treatment of Arsenic-Contaminated Water: A Real Scale Study in High-Andean Reservoir |
| title_full_unstemmed | Artificial Floating Island with <i>Vetiver</i> for Treatment of Arsenic-Contaminated Water: A Real Scale Study in High-Andean Reservoir |
| title_short | Artificial Floating Island with <i>Vetiver</i> for Treatment of Arsenic-Contaminated Water: A Real Scale Study in High-Andean Reservoir |
| title_sort | artificial floating island with i vetiver i for treatment of arsenic contaminated water a real scale study in high andean reservoir |
| topic | Arsenic uptake artificial floating island phytoremediation <i>Vetiver</i> |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/11/3086 |
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