Aviraj Datta, Santhosh Kumar Raja, Hari Om Singh, Ramesh Singh
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Abstract
Constructed wetlands (CWs) offer an eco-friendly wastewater treatment technology which can provide a low-cost alternative to "raw wastewater discharge" which although is increasingly becoming unsustainable, remains the most common practice for urban housing colonies in India. This study demonstrates that despite being a semi-engineered system CWs can provide consistent removal efficiency while treating "grey water", which constitutes the major fraction of the total wastewater generated in an urban housing colony. The lack of field-scale performance data for CWs has kept builders, practicing engineers, and policy makers thus far unconvinced about their true potential beyond scientific publications. The work presented here provides comparative assessment of phytoremediation potential of two macrophytes Canna indica and Ageratum conyzoides while treating grey water emanating from a nearby urban housing colony. How the relative positioning of these macrophytes, upstream or downstream of each other, can influence the wastewater treatment efficiency was also evaluated. Higher removal efficiencies were observed for inorganic nitrogen (43.4%) and phosphate (45.68%) for CWs vegetated with Canna indica while higher sulfate removal efficiency (63.5%) was observed for CWs vegetated with Ageratum conyzoides. For chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total suspended solids (TSSs), removal efficiencies remained consistently above 65% and 80%, respectively.
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The International Journal of Phytoremediation (IJP) is the first journal devoted to the publication of laboratory and field research describing the use of plant systems to solve environmental problems by enabling the remediation of soil, water, and air quality and by restoring ecosystem services in managed landscapes. Traditional phytoremediation has largely focused on soil and groundwater clean-up of hazardous contaminants. Phytotechnology expands this umbrella to include many of the natural resource management challenges we face in cities, on farms, and other landscapes more integrated with daily public activities. Wetlands that treat wastewater, rain gardens that treat stormwater, poplar tree plantings that contain pollutants, urban tree canopies that treat air pollution, and specialized plants that treat decommissioned mine sites are just a few examples of phytotechnologies.
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