Cadmium, Iron and Chromium Removal from Simulated Waste Water Using Algae, Water Hyacinth and Water Lettuce

Sani Nasiru Alhaji; Sulaiman Asmau Umar; Sokoto Abdullahi Muhammad; Shehu Kasimu; Salisu Aliyu

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Cadmium, Iron and Chromium Removal from Simulated Waste Water Using Algae, Water Hyacinth and Water Lettuce

Sani Nasiru Alhaji, Sulaiman Asmau Umar, Sokoto Abdullahi Muhammad, Shehu Kasimu, Salisu Aliyu

Published in American Journal of Applied Chemistry (Volume 9, Issue 1)

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Phytoremediation involves the use of some aquatic plants for soil and water cleanup. It involves the use of hyperaccumulator plant species that remove metals from contaminated environment. In the present study, the effectiveness of Algae, Water hyacinth and Water lettuce for the removal of Cd, Fe, and Cr from simulated wastewater was tested. The three aquatic plants were grown in aqueous medium and supplemented with 1.0, 3.0 and 5.0mg/l of multi-component metal solution for 15 consecutive days. The experiment showed that the plants were able to accumulate the metals at all concentrations. The respective concentration (mg/kg) ranges of the metals (Cd, Fe & Cr) are: in Algae; 37.38-268.74, 3.10-80.80, 66.78-671.20; water hycinth: 16.59-277.20, 0.56-235.32, 3.12-1661.94; water lettuce: 38.58-208, 0.35-538, 6.05-283.84. The accumulation of metals increased significantly, with increase in the initial concentration of the solution. At all levels, the plants accumulated the metals more in the root than in the shoot, except for Fe in water hyacinth which shows effective translocation from root to shoot. The result also showed that water hyacinth was able to concentrate Cd and Cr better than Fe, while water lettuce concentrated Fe better. All the plants can be used in remediating wastewater, with water hyacinth revealing the best potentiality.

Published in	American Journal of Applied Chemistry (Volume 9, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajac.20210901.15
Page(s)	36-42
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Phytoremediation, Heavy Metals, Algae, Water Hyacinth, Water Lettuce

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Sani Nasiru Alhaji; Sulaiman Asmau Umar; Sokoto Abdullahi Muhammad; Shehu Kasimu; Salisu Aliyu. Cadmium, Iron and Chromium Removal from Simulated Waste Water Using Algae, Water Hyacinth and Water Lettuce. Am. J. Appl. Chem. 2021, 9(1), 36-42. doi: 10.11648/j.ajac.20210901.15

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Sani Nasiru Alhaji, Sulaiman Asmau Umar, Sokoto Abdullahi Muhammad, Shehu Kasimu, Salisu Aliyu. Cadmium, Iron and Chromium Removal from Simulated Waste Water Using Algae, Water Hyacinth and Water Lettuce. Am J Appl Chem. 2021;9(1):36-42. doi: 10.11648/j.ajac.20210901.15

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Sani Nasiru Alhaji

Department of Chemistry, Federal University, Gusau, Nigeria
Sulaiman Asmau Umar

Department of Chemistry, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Nigeria
Sokoto Abdullahi Muhammad

Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Shehu Kasimu

Department of Biological Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Salisu Aliyu

Department of Chemistry, Federal University, Gusau, Nigeria

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  abstract = {Phytoremediation involves the use of some aquatic plants for soil and water cleanup. It involves the use of hyperaccumulator plant species that remove metals from contaminated environment. In the present study, the effectiveness of Algae, Water hyacinth and Water lettuce for the removal of Cd, Fe, and Cr from simulated wastewater was tested. The three aquatic plants were grown in aqueous medium and supplemented with 1.0, 3.0 and 5.0mg/l of multi-component metal solution for 15 consecutive days. The experiment showed that the plants were able to accumulate the metals at all concentrations. The respective concentration (mg/kg) ranges of the metals (Cd, Fe & Cr) are: in Algae; 37.38-268.74, 3.10-80.80, 66.78-671.20; water hycinth: 16.59-277.20, 0.56-235.32, 3.12-1661.94; water lettuce: 38.58-208, 0.35-538, 6.05-283.84. The accumulation of metals increased significantly, with increase in the initial concentration of the solution. At all levels, the plants accumulated the metals more in the root than in the shoot, except for Fe in water hyacinth which shows effective translocation from root to shoot. The result also showed that water hyacinth was able to concentrate Cd and Cr better than Fe, while water lettuce concentrated Fe better. All the plants can be used in remediating wastewater, with water hyacinth revealing the best potentiality.},
 year = {2021}
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