Worldwide water quality is degrading and most of the water bodies are now being
contaminated by heavy load of pollutants from various industries. Aquatic ecosystems are …

Globally, water resources contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons are under much
consideration due to their hazardous effects on human beings as well as on plants and …

A constructed floating wetland using macrophytes Typha domingensis Pers. was applied to
the treatment of raw sewage in a municipal sewage treatment plant in south Brazil. During …

The shortage of water resources and generation of large quantum of wastewater has posed
a significant concern to the environment and public health. Recent research on wastewater …

Petroleum prices are increasing day by day due to the essential requirement of fuel to run
automobiles, agricultural engines and standby power plants. More utilization of fossil fuels …

The textile industry is one of the most chemically intensive industries, and its wastewater is
comprised of harmful dyes, pigments, dissolved/suspended solids, and heavy metals. The …

Plants and derivatives have been explored for unlimited purposes by mankind, from crop
cultivation for providing food and animal feed, to the use for cosmetics, therapeutics and …

Phytoremediation using vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides) has been regarded as an
effective technique for removing contaminants in polluted water. This study was conducted …

The study was conducted with an aim to optimize the parameters involved in removing
organics from brewery effluents using a newly developed horizontal subsurface flow …

The increase of the global population and the requirement of food production and
agricultural development, combined with a lack of water resources, have led to human …