Experimental Treatment of Tannery Effluent by using Phytoremediation and Electrocoagulation

In India there are huge leather products producing industries are developed. . Through waste water of tannery industry produces high inclusion of toxic content, which is more dangerous in environment without treatment. The drawback of conventional technologies for waste water treatment have led to serious thinking on alternate, low cost, natural and energy saving technologies on water and wastewater treatment. Methods like Phytoremediation which employs floating plants, constructed wetlands, etc., for treatment of wastewater will be a better alternative to the conventional technologies. Floating plants such as seaweed has a remarkable ability in treating the polluted water. Hence the current study is focused on the treatment of industrial effluent using marine algae. The objective of the study is to determine the phytoremediation potential of seaweed on industrial effluent treatment. Batch study has been employed to find the pollutant reduction efficiency of seaweed. Thus this process becomes more economical and effective.