Constructed wetlands plant treatment system: An eco-sustainable phytotechnology for treatment and recycling of hazardous wastewater

MAINE, MARÍA ALEJANDRA; HADAD, HERNÁN; SÁNCHEZ, GABRIELA; MUFARREGE, MARÍA MERCEDES; DI LUCA, GISELA; SCHIERANO, MARÍA CELESTE; NOCETTI, EMANUEL; CAFFARATTI, SANDRA; PEDRO, MARÍA DEL CARMEN

Phytoremediation technology for the removal of heavy metals and other contaminants from soil and water

Elsevier

Año: 2022; p. 481 - 495

Treatment wetlands (TWs) emulate simultaneous physical, chemical and biologicalprocesses that occur in natural wetlands for water depuration. TWshave significantly increased their application from traditional tertiary and secondarytreatment of domestic sewage to treatment of various industrial effluents In Latin America, TWs have been widely implemented for the depuration ofsewage. In Argentina, this technology is still scarcely developed and unlike othercountries in Latin America, TWs have been also implemented for the treatment ofindustrial effluents. Our research group has developed wetlands for the treatment ofeffluents from different industries: metallurgical industries, effluents of a pet carecenter of a pet food factory, a fertilizer factory, landfill leachate, recycled paperindustry, dairy industry effluents, among others.