An experimental investigation on phytoremediation performance of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) for pollutants removal from paper mill effluent

© 2021 Water Environment Federation.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation. - 1998. - 93(2021), 9 vom: 21. Sept., Seite 1543-1553
1. Verfasser: Singh, Jogendra (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kumar, Vinod, Kumar, Pankaj, Kumar, Piyush, Yadav, Krishna Kumar, Cabral-Pinto, Marina M S, Kamyab, Hesam, Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation
Schlagworte:Journal Article biodegradation biological treatment industrial waste remediation wastewater treatment Environmental Pollutants Water Pollutants, Chemical
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:© 2021 Water Environment Federation.
The present study describes the phytoremediation performance of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) for physicochemical pollutants elimination from paper mill effluent (PME). For this, pot (glass aquarium) experiments were conducted using 0% (BWW: borewell water), 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% treatments of PME under natural day/light regime. Results of the experiments showed that the highest removal of pH (10.75%), electrical conductivity (EC: 63.82%), total dissolved solids (TDS: 71.20%) biological oxygen demand (BOD: 85.03%), chemical oxygen demand (COD: 80.46%), total Kjeldahl's nitrogen (TKN: 93.03%), phosphorus (P: 85.56%), sodium (Na: 91.89%), potassium (K: 84.04%), calcium (Ca: 84.75%), and magnesium (Mg: 83.62%), most probable number (MPN: 77.63%), and standard plate count (SPC: 74.43%) was noted in 75% treatment of PME after treatment by P. stratiotes. PCA showed the best vector length for TKN, Na, and Ca. The maximum plant growth parameters including, total fresh biomass (81.30 ± 0.28 g), chlorophyll content (3.67 ± 0.05 mg g-1  f.wt), and relative growth rate (0.0051 gg-1  d-1 ) was also measured in 75% PME treatment after phytoremediation experiments. The findings of this study make useful insight into the biological management of PME through plant-based pollutant eradication while leftover biomass may be used as a feedstock for low-cost bioenergy production. PRACTITIONER POINTS: Biological treatment of paper mill effluent using water lettuce is presented. Best reduction of physicochemical and microbiological pollutants was attained in 75% treatment. Maximum production of chlorophyll, plant biomass, and highest growth rate was also observed in 75% treatment
Beschreibung:Date Completed 08.09.2021
Date Revised 08.09.2021
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1554-7531
DOI:10.1002/wer.1536