Impact ID
7259
Impact Type
Water Quality Benefit
Study Type
Experimental
Study Location
Laboratory
Impact Description
Water lettuce (
Pistia stratiotes
) effectively treated sugar mill effluent by uptaking and accumalting heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Fe, Cr, Pb, Zn, Mn) into root and leaf tissue.
Reference
41792
Cost
Location
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Pistia stratiotes