AQUA - Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
73(9), С. 1946 - 1975
Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024
ABSTRACT
The
sustainable
wastewater
treatment
method
known
as
phytoremediation
is
reviewed
in
this
paper,
with
particular
attention
paid
to
important
technologies
including
phytoextraction,
rhizofiltration,
phytostabilization,
phytodegradation,
and
phytovolatilization.
study
emphasizes
the
effectiveness
of
phytoextraction
for
heavy
metal
contamination
using
hyperaccumulator
plants.
It
also
highlights
versatility
by
presenting
compelling
case
examples
various
situations.
This
environmentally
friendly
strategy
offers
affordable
answers
worldwide
water
pollution
challenge
accordance
growing
demand
aware
techniques.
Phytoremediation
–
which
methods
like
becomes
a
more
viable
path
forward
mitigation
environmental
stewardship
advances.
By
fusing
theoretical
understanding
real-world
implementations,
article
advances
conversation
on
while
reinforcing
phytoremediation's
promise
future.
Sustainability,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
17(2), С. 701 - 701
Опубликована: Янв. 17, 2025
Heavy
metals
originating
from
industrial
runoff,
agricultural
practices,
urbanization,
and
natural
geological
processes
persist
in
coastal
sediments
due
to
their
low
degradation
rates
high
stability.
Their
cycling
is
influenced
by
sediment
dynamics,
water
circulation,
complex
interactions
with
biological
chemical
factors.
metal
pollution
demonstrates
serious
risks
biota,
including
fish,
shellfish,
algae,
marine
mammals
through
mechanisms
such
as
bioaccumulation
biomagnification.
These
lead
biodiversity
loss,
habitat
degradation,
reduced
ecosystem
functionality.
Current
mitigation
strategies
for
control
regulations
remediation
techniques
show
promise
but
face
challenges
implementation.
Emerging
technologies
nanotechnology
bioremediation
offer
innovative
solutions
require
further
validation.
Knowledge
gaps
understanding
the
long-term
ecological
impacts
of
heavy
contamination
optimizing
management
diverse
ecosystems.
Coastal
ecosystems
are
vital
supporting
providing
essential
services,
they
increasingly
threatened
pollution—a
pervasive
environmental
challenge
that
demands
urgent
attention.
This
review
investigates
sources,
characteristics,
pathways,
impacts,
associated
environments.
The
synthesizes
findings
recent
literature,
employing
a
systematic
approach
analyze
anthropogenic
biogeochemical
governing
cycling.
Future
research
should
focus
on
addressing
these
interdisciplinary
approaches,
integrating
advanced
modeling
techniques,
stakeholder
engagement,
sustainable
practices.
By
prioritizing
efforts,
we
can
safeguard
services
escalating
threats
pollution.
The Science of The Total Environment,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
915, С. 170010 - 170010
Опубликована: Янв. 13, 2024
Till
present,
natural
wetlands
have
been
continuously
subjected
to
intensive
pollution
stress
in
recent
years,
mainly
because
of
the
rapidly
growing
industrialization
and
urbanization
that
are
associated
with
a
myriad
anthropogenic
activities
land
use
practices.
These
man-made
sources
change
chemical
properties
wetlands,
which
turn
alter
their
microbial
ecological
biodiversity
functions.
For
first
time,
impact
current
practices
on
Blesbokspruit
wetland
status
consequential
effect
structure
functions
were
investigated.
Sites
high
intensity
identified
using
geographic
information
systems
mapping
(GISMapping)
microbiome
functional
profile
studied
through
throughput
shotgun
metagenomics
sequencing
analysis.
The
predominant
phyla
stemmed
along
found
be
Proteobacteria
was
more
dominant
water
(93
%)
than
sediments
(89
%),
followed
by
firmicutes
abundant
(9
(6
Bacteroidetes
relatively
low
abundance
within
both
(2
overlying
(1
%).
genera
Klebsiella
(70.4
%-28.2
Citrobacter
(52.0
%-30.6
Escherichia
(51.0
%-8.4
Lynsinibacillus
(9.3
%-1.5
observed
most
sediment
samples.
Within
six
polluted
sites,
Site
2
highly
site
very
COD
(900
mg/L),
TOC
(11.60
NO
