Application of aquatic plant Ceratophyllum demersum (L.) in phytoremediation of wastewater Mohan Jitendra1, Pandey Amit2,*, Singh Vishwajeet2 1Department of Botany, D.A.V. College, Kanpur-208 001, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Department of Botany, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi-284 128, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding Author: Amit Pandey, Department of Botany, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi-284 128, Uttar Pradesh, India, Email: pandeyamit0076@gmail.com
Online published on 6 November, 2023. Abstract Background Phytoremediation, plant usage for remediating natural resources, is being sought as a modern method to clean up polluted lands and streams, including water from ground. Bioremediation assisted by plant, also known as phytoremediation and includes the involvement of microbes associated with certain root systems to remediate soils comprising elevated organic compound concentrations. These strategies could provide cheaper methods for remediating polluted lands and streams with radionuclides, chemicals and different types of organics, with less secondary contaminants and less environmental effect than traditional methods of remediation can produce. All plants consume essential nutrients from their soil and water conditions like metals. Methods The domestic wastewater quality was determined by analyzing physico-chemical parameters like pH, TDS, TS and electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, calcium, potassium, magnesium, sulphate, phosphate, nitrogen, iron and manganese and contaminant removal indices were determined during the year 2018-19. Result The present study was conducted to check the phytoremediation capability of aquatic plant Ceratophyllum demersum (L). Wastewater was characterized using standard methods and pollutant concentrations were measured in sample of wastewater initially and after phytoremediation. The result of present study revealed maximum increase in value of DO (127.89%) while the other parameters viz. pH (7.24%), TDS (46.77%), TS (51.00%), BOD (60.79%), COD (58.88%), EC (49.89%), Ca (45.41%), K (46.58%), Mg (43.57%), S (45.21 %), P (43.73%), N (42.80%), Fe (46.30%) and Mn (47.06%) recorded a decrease in 60 days at 40% value due to absorption of nutrients during phytoremediation. Top Keywords Ceratophyllum demersum (L), Phytoremediation, Wastewater. Top |