BIOMONITORING OF HEAVY METALS USING HYDROPHYTIC PLANTS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA AT PORT SAID, EGYPT

Paper ID : 1093-YRC2022

Authors

Radwa mohamed hafez * port said

Abstract

Phytoremediation is increasingly receiving attention as effective technique that uses plants to remediate contaminates from industrial wastewater and contaminated hydrosoil. The present investigation was carried out to estimate the heavy metal pollution in the junction canal (El-Qabuty) and evaluate the phytoextraction potential of Phragmites australis and Typha domingensis that wildly grow in the studied industrial area in Port Said. Industrial area in Port Said includes advanced and dangerous industries resulted in pollution of the junction channel in Lake Manzala. Analyses of the heavy metal content (Fe, Cr, Pb and Hg) in water, hydrosoil and plant samples taken from the examined area were performed using XRF (X-ray fluorescence spectrometers). The study results showed that the heavy metals contamination in the southern area of canal have difference from the northern site (less polluted) that is relatively far from the source of industrial sewage output. The results obtained revealed that the examined hydrosoils are polluted by Hg and Cr and contain relatively high value of Fe and Pb. Heavy metals were accumulated from the hydrosoil to the plant tissues except Pb in Typha domingensis was capable of accumulating from wastewater. Heavy metals were accumulated to the plant tissues that shows the phytoremediation process and the ability of Phragmites australis and Typha domingensis absorb and remove minerals from the hydrosoil and water to the underground parts of the plants.

Keywords

Phragmites australis , Typha domingensis , heavy metals,Lake Manzala. juncation canal, XRF

Status: Accepted (Oral Presentation)