Environment in Biotechnology

Green Remediation Technology for Wastewater

  • DBT is participating in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan through a range of initiatives including bioremediation of filthy water.A DBT supported project developed phytoremediation treatment process for the degradation of dyes from textile industrial effluent. The study showed that Macrophytes Ipomeaneumon, Alternantheraphiloxeroides (a massively rooted macrophyte), and Salviniamolesta demonstrated a potential for treating textile dyes and effluents in large scale (constructed wetland system) through rhizofiltration approach. Field application of I. neumon, S. Molesta and A. Philoxeroides in wastewater lagoon systems was also successfully carried out. Studies to explore these plants in a constructed wetland system ....
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