Jurnal Pembangunan dan Alam Lestari
Vol 9, No 1 (2018)

The Capability of Hydrilla as a Phytoremediator for River Water

Asma Ali Moubark (University of Brawijaya)
Lukman Hakim (University of Brawijaya)
Amin Setyo Leksono (University of Brawijaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2018

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility of Hydrilla as a phytoremediator to improve the quality of river water samples collected from Brantas River, Malang, Indonesia. The phytoremediation process is carried out in static river water samples, and the results show that Hydrilla is capable to augment the reduction the nitrite and ammonia content in the samples, while leaving nitrate and phosphate unaffected within the constraints of the study.  Keywords: Ammonia, Hydrilla, Nitrite, Phytoremediation, River Water 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpal

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Control & Systems Engineering Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management

Description

Indonesian Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development is an interdisciplinary journal with scope aspects of environmental impacts (biophysical and socio-economic) a result of development. The journal also examines the phenomenon of a complex interaction between development and the ...