Purification Efficiency of Different Aquatic Plants on Polluted Inflow River of Taihu Lake

Author

Zhang Ruibin ; Qian Xin ; Yuan Xingcheng ; Dou Yanyan

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Pollution Control & Resource, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China

fYear

2010

fDate

18-20 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Based on building the small aquatic ecosystem in the room, the removal efficiency of total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus(TP) in polluted inflow river of Taihu Lake by Cyperus alternifolius(CA), Canna indica(CI), Elodea Canadensis Michx.(ECM) and Ceratophyllum demersum L.(CDL) was researched. The results showed that the removal efficiency of nitrogen and phosphorus in sewage were obvious through these four plants, in which Cyperus alternifolius and Ceratophyllum demersum L. had the better comprehensive purification ability. The order of comprehensive purification ability from strong to weak was: Ceratophyllum demersum L., Cyperus alternifolius, Elodea Canadensis Michx., Canna indica. Research results gave a successful demonstration of ecological treatment to inflow river of Taihu Lake Basin and other similar polluted waters in China.

Keywords

lakes; purification; rivers; sewage treatment; vegetation; water pollution; Canna indica; Ceratophyllum demersum L; China; Cyperus alternifolius; Elodea Canadensis Michx; Taihu Lake; aquatic ecosystem; aquatic plant; nitrogen removal efficiency; phosphorus removal efficiency; polluted inflow river; purification efficiency; sewage; Ecosystems; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Lakes; Nitrogen; Plastics; Pollution control; Purification; Rivers; Testing; Water pollution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

ISSN

2151-7614

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4712-1

Electronic_ISBN

2151-7614

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5517978

Filename

5517978