Biosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education
Vol 9, No 2 (2017): August 2017

Chromium Phytoremediation of Tannery Wastewater using Ceratophyllum demersum

Yani Suryani (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)
Tri Cahyanto (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)
Toni Sudjarwo (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)
Diana Vici Panjaitan (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)
Epa Paujiah (Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Teaching and Education, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)
Mohamad Jaenudin (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Jul 2017

Abstract

Tanning industry produces liquid waste containing heavy metals, especially chromium – harmful for ecosystems and human health. Phytoremediation is a technique that utilizes the physiologicalpotential of plants to transform contaminants to be less or non-hazardous. The aim of the research is to determine the efficiency of Ceratophyllum demersum L. to remediate chrome in tannery wastewater. The research used 84 strands of C. demersum compound leaves of 30 g wet weight. The treatments consist of the use of 7.74 mg/L, 11.30 mg/L, 17.00 mg/L and 23.73 mg/L concentrations of chromium and a control. The research was conducted using a static method. The design of the experiment was the complete random design with 3 replication of treatment in 14 days. The parameters observed were the efficiency of chromium phytoremediation, water turbidity, BOD, and total chlorophyll level of the leaves. The results showed that the highest efficiency was at the concentration of 7.74 mg/L with 1.7% chromium, 17.3% water turbidity, and 46% BOD. Meanwhile, the highest efficiency of total chlorophyll level was 3.88 mg/L, reached at the concentration of 17.00 mg/L. In conclusion, C. demersum is good to use as a phytoremediator of tannery wastewater at the concentration of 7.74 mg/L, subsequently, these results can be used as a basis for the consideration of the application implementation in the process of liquid waste reduction.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

biosaintifika

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

Biosaintifika Journal of Biology & Biology Education, an electronic international journal, provides a forum for publishing the original research articles, review articles from contributors, and the novel technology news related to biological research and biological ...