Application of Floating Aquatic Plants in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Polluted Water: A Review

Shafaqat Ali, Zohaib Abbas, Muhammad Rizwan, Ihsan Elahi Zaheer, İlkay Yavaş, Aydın Ünay, Mohamed M. Abdel-DAIM, May Bin-Jumah, Mirza Hasanuzzaman and Dimitris Kalderis
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Shafaqat Ali: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
Zohaib Abbas: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
Muhammad Rizwan: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
Ihsan Elahi Zaheer: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
İlkay Yavaş: Department of Plant and Animal Production, Kocarli Vocational High School, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, 09100 Aydın, Turkey
Aydın Ünay: Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, 09100 Aydın, Turkey
Mohamed M. Abdel-DAIM: Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
May Bin-Jumah: Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11474, Saudi Arabia
Mirza Hasanuzzaman: Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
Dimitris Kalderis: Department of Electronics Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Chania, 73100 Crete, Greece

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-33

Abstract: Heavy-metal (HM) pollution is considered a leading source of environmental contamination. Heavy-metal pollution in ground water poses a serious threat to human health and the aquatic ecosystem. Conventional treatment technologies to remove the pollutants from wastewater are usually costly, time-consuming, environmentally destructive, and mostly inefficient. Phytoremediation is a cost-effective green emerging technology with long-lasting applicability. The selection of plant species is the most significant aspect for successful phytoremediation. Aquatic plants hold steep efficiency for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants. Water hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes ), water lettuce ( Pistia stratiotes ) and Duck weed ( Lemna minor ) along with some other aquatic plants are prominent metal accumulator plants for the remediation of heavy-metal polluted water. The phytoremediation potential of the aquatic plant can be further enhanced by the application of innovative approaches in phytoremediation. A summarizing review regarding the use of aquatic plants in phytoremediation is gathered in order to present the broad applicability of phytoremediation.

Keywords: phytoremediation; heavy metal; aquatic plants; floating aquatic plants; wastewater treatment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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