Wastewater to Wetlands: Turning the Tide with Azolla Ferns
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Abstract Water pollution is a major problem exacerbated by untreated wastewater discharged into the environment, leading to eutrophication and algal blooms. This research at American University of Beirut explores potential using Azolla pinnata , an aquatic fern, rid from ammonium (NH4-N) soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), which are main contributors eutrophication. A controlled phytoremediation experiment conducted Advancing Research Enabling Communities (AREC) center in Bekaa valley showed that A. can decrease NH4-N SRP primary treated 98.2% 96.4% respectively, within 20 days. The color odor reverted characteristics fresh water, making this recycling method highly sustainable due its relatively low cost. prospective project would be scaled university’s farm level constructing artificial wetlands AREC generated facilities. harvested used as animal feed and/or green fertilizer. Successfully reintroducing precarious arid region alleviate stress on aquifers replenish many endemic species currently their way extinction. As result, university treating while contributing greening landscape slowly transfigured desertification.
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عنوان ژورنال: IOP conference series
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1757-899X', '1757-8981']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1194/1/012016