Ml. Decasabianca et T. Laugier, EICHHORNIA-CRASSIPES PRODUCTION ON PETROLIFEROUS WASTEWATERS - EFFECTS OF SALINITY, Bioresource technology, 54(1), 1995, pp. 39-43
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology",Agriculture
This study was carried out on petroliferous wastewaters to define the
tolerance threshold to salinity of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms,
the water hyacinth, in order to achieve effluent treatment Plant yiel
d was inversely linked to salinity and varied from 4.2 to 1.1 g d.wt m
(-2) day(-1) for salinities (NaCl) ranging from 2 to 2.9 g l(-1). From
6 g l(-1) there was no production and plants were cankered. Over 8 g
l(-1) damage was irreversible. The water hyacinth showed a great adapt
ability to the effluent salinity. Although the production was low, the
results do not exclude a possible use for such wastewater treatment.