Removal Of Fluoride Contamination In Waste Water By Using Eichhornia Crassipes

Abstract

The industrial sector has experienced unprecedented progress in the 21st century not only in India but also across
the globe. Loads of wastewaters get generated from industrial, commercial and domestic origins and are
discarded. The discharge of wastewater, without any pre-treatment, has always affected the health of human
beings, plants and animals. Industrial wastewater contains a toxic chemicals which not even degradable, they
are very likely accumulated in the soil and affect plant growth. Phytoremediation is a cost-effective green
emerging technology with long-lasting applicability. Eichhornia Crassipes hold steep efficiency for the removal
of organic and inorganic pollutants. Eichhornia Crassipes (water hyacinth) was chosen to remediate the problem
of fluoride(F) pollution from wastewater. It has been observed that this plant was able to remove 28.3% Fluoride
from the wastewater in 10 days.