Constructed Wetlands with Aquatic Plants For Municipal Wastewater Treatment: Design and Efficiency Analysis

Andela Indira Raghunand; Rutuja Bhausaheb Landge

doi:10.69968/btd5fg40ijisem.2026v5i2574-590

Authors

Andela Indira Raghunand Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic Science, S.N. Arts, D.J.M. Commerce & B.N.S. Science College (Autonomous), Sangamner, Maharashtra, India
Rutuja Bhausaheb Landge Research Scholar, Department of Electronic Science, S.N. Arts, D.J.M. Commerce & B.N.S. Science College (Autonomous), Sangamner, Maharashtra, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69968/btd5fg40ijisem.2026v5i2574-590

Keywords:

Water pollution, Biological, wastewater treatment, Physiochemical parameters, wastewater Reuse, Phytoremediation, Floating aquatic plants , water hyacinth, water lettuce, Duckweed, municipal wastewater treatment, BOD, COD, TDS, PH value

Abstract

Efficiency wastewater management is a critical environmental challenge, particularly in industrial region like Delhi, Mumbai, where untreated textile effluents contribute to severe water pollution. This study evaluates the potential of bioremediation using floating Aquatic plants like: - (water hyacinth {eichhornia crassipes}, water lettuce {pista stratiotes} & lemna minor {common duckweed}- for the treatment of industrial textile wastewater. A controlled laboratory scale experiments was conducted to assess pollutant removal efficiency over a 10-day retention period. The result demonstrated that Eichhornia crassipes exhibited the highest removal efficiency, achieving reduction of TDS (37.12%), Electronic Conductivity(36.12%), Salinity(40.20%) ,PH( 5.12%),Total Hardness( 38.2%%) & Chlorides (50.52%), pistia stratiotes or lemna minor were particularly removal of different types of impurities or effective into removing Nitrate (98.76%), Ammonium (52%) and Sodium Absorption ratio( 48.29%), indicating species specific bioremediation potential. These findings highlight the variety of a low-cost, ecofriendly and sustainable nature-based solutions for wastewater treatment in industrial cluster, offering a practical alternative to conventional treatment technologies wastewater treatment uses a phytoremediation strategy that sets significant trends according to recent research from 2019-2021 period, being of the most efficient strategies regarding the removal of pollutants using artificial wetlands with aquatic plants

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