Hydrophysics

Hydrophysics

Evaluation of the Efficiency of the Pulping Method in Simultaneous Reduction of Salt and Nitrate from Raw Water

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
zohreh Younespour Masulele 1
Kamran Lari 2
Roxana Moogouei 3
1 Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch
2 Department of physicaloceanography,Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch
3 Department of Environmental, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Increasing water and soil pollution causes a lot of environmental problems. Meanwhile, different methods of controlling and decontamination of pollution with modern technologies have arisen, and these methods generally bring a lot of costs in a way that is not economical at times. One of the methods used to treat water and soil pollution is the use of plants, which is called purification plant. Identification of active and important plants in this field improves the efficiency and protection of the environment. The purpose of this study is to cultivate two aquatic species (bamboo and straw) in a laboratory environment to determine their ability to remove nitrate, salt and chlorine from raw water. For this purpose, NaCl and potassium nitrate with different concentrations in raw water and the absorption of the elements by the leaves of bamboo leaves and straw and the remaining amount of elements in raw water were measured on days 1 and 14. The results show that most bamboo plants are able to remove elements in raw water. So that at the highest concentration, removal of nitrate, sodium, potassium and chlorine are 46.28%, 32.62%, 24.73% and 27.98%, respectively.
Keywords
phytoremediation
bamboo
straw
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Hydrophysics
Volume 5, Issue 1 - Serial Number 8
October 2019
Pages 25-32

  • Receive Date 15 December 2018
  • Revise Date 29 January 2019
  • Accept Date 02 March 2019