Wastewater Treatment by the Process of Phytoremediation

This study describes the simple and cost effective method for the design of small scale wastewater treatment plant for the purification of wastewater which is generated from the household, canteen, laboratories of schools and colleges. The introduction of an increasing number of pollutants in the aquatic environment. The ability of plants to remove the pollutant from the wastewater has been researched and found number of applications to purify it. The current study explored the process of Phytoremediation by using duckweed plant and canna-Indica (Indian shot) for the removal of metal ions and phosphate from the wastewater. After the process of phytoremediation treated water will further purified by the sand filtration method. The various water quality parameters of the treated and untreated water were analysed. It was observed that there are significant reduction in hardness, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen value. Then the treated water can be reused for various household works and Agricultural works.