Constructed wetlands as a sustainable technology for wastewater treatment with emphasis on chromium-rich tannery wastewater

F Younas, NK Niazi, I Bibi, M Afzal, K Hussain… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a major threat to agriculture and humans due to over abstraction of
groundwater, rapid urbanization and improper use in industrial processes. Industrial …

Floating wetlands: a sustainable tool for wastewater treatment

MJ Shahid, M Arslan, S Ali, M Siddique… - Clean–Soil, Air …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Floating treatment wetland (FTW) is an effective and sustainable technology for wastewater
treatment. It has been widely adopted for treating various kinds of polluted water including …

Floating treatment wetlands as biological buoyant filters for wastewater reclamation

K Rehman, A Ijaz, M Arslan, M Afzal - International journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) are an innovative product of ecological engineering that
can play a promising role in wastewater treatment. It provides low-cost, eco-friendly, and …

Remediation of polluted river water by floating treatment wetlands

MJ Shahid, R Tahseen, M Siddique, S Ali, S Iqbal… - Water …, 2019 - iwaponline.com
In this study, the potential of floating treatment wetlands (FTWs), inoculated with selected
bacteria, to ameliorate polluted river water was evaluated. Floating cells were prepared by …

Elucidating the potential of vertical flow-constructed wetlands vegetated with different wetland plant species for the remediation of chromium-contaminated water

F Younas, I Bibi, M Afzal, NK Niazi, Z Aslam - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water scarcity is one of the key global challenges affecting food safety, food security, and
human health. Constructed wetlands (CWs) provide a sustainable tool to remediate …

Unveiling the potential of novel macrophytes for the treatment of tannery effluent in vertical flow pilot constructed wetlands

S Ashraf, M Naveed, M Afzal, MF Seleiman… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The phytoremediation potential of macrophytic species has made them an inevitable
component of constructed wetlands (CWs) for the treatment of industrial effluents. The …

Evaluation of Toxicity on Ctenopharyngodon idella Due to Tannery Effluent Remediated by Constructed Wetland Technology

S Ashraf, M Naveed, M Afzal, S Ashraf, SR Ahmad… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Aquatic pollution caused by industrial effluents is an environmental issue, imposing
deleterious impacts on the overall environment, specifically, on humans, by disrupting the …

A cyclic dipeptide for salinity stress alleviation and the trophic flexibility of endophyte provide insights into saltmarsh plant–microbe interactions

SHW Hung, PH Yeh, TC Huang, SY Huang… - ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
In response to climate change, the nature of endophytes and their applications in
sustainable agriculture have attracted the attention of academics and agro-industries. This …

Bioelectricity generation and production of ornamental plants in vertical partially saturated constructed wetlands

HR González-Moreno, JL Marín-Muníz… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Energy production in constructed wetlands is a little-known field, as is the operation of
vertical partially saturated constructed wetlands (VPS-CWs) that promote both aerobic and …

Role of Microbial Communities and Aquatic Macrophytes in Constructed Wetlands for Tannery Wastewater Treatment: Challenges and Opportunities

N Kumar, P Bhatnagar, R Yadav, H Chandel… - … : Ecology, Functions and …, 2023 - Springer
Tannery wastewaters are notoriously difficult to manage because of its complicated
chemical makeup. There is a significant amount of chromium-laden wastewater produced by …