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Decontamination of Wastewater with Phytoremediation


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1 School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam‐686 560, Kerala, India
 

Waste is a misplaced resource. The municipal solid waste (MSW) or garbage being discarded in millions of tones in the country is undoubtedly a resource; similar is the case with millions of liters of wastewater of domestic origin as plenty of nutrients are being wasted by discharging the sewage without any treatment. Such kind of discharges leads to soil and water pollution which in turn necessitates the need suitable treatment processes which are generally energy and cost intensive. The urban sewage contain wastewater originating from all residential, commercial, market areas and also includes the surface run‐off and storm water. Biological removal of contaminants from the contaminated site is known as bioremediation. When plants are used to remove metals / contaminants from the soil or water the term 'Phytoremediation' is used, while algae are used for the same purpose in water medium then it is termed as 'Phycoremediation'.This report deals with the decontamination of wastewater with phytoremediation.

Keywords

Waste Water, Biological Treatment, Phytoremediation.
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E. V. Ramasamy
School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam‐686 560, Kerala, India

Abstract


Waste is a misplaced resource. The municipal solid waste (MSW) or garbage being discarded in millions of tones in the country is undoubtedly a resource; similar is the case with millions of liters of wastewater of domestic origin as plenty of nutrients are being wasted by discharging the sewage without any treatment. Such kind of discharges leads to soil and water pollution which in turn necessitates the need suitable treatment processes which are generally energy and cost intensive. The urban sewage contain wastewater originating from all residential, commercial, market areas and also includes the surface run‐off and storm water. Biological removal of contaminants from the contaminated site is known as bioremediation. When plants are used to remove metals / contaminants from the soil or water the term 'Phytoremediation' is used, while algae are used for the same purpose in water medium then it is termed as 'Phycoremediation'.This report deals with the decontamination of wastewater with phytoremediation.

Keywords


Waste Water, Biological Treatment, Phytoremediation.

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