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Fantastic Floating Weeds and How to Use Them

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Water hyacinth, an aquatic weed, is contemplated as a toxic plant worldwide and also it spreads rapidly and attenuates nutrient and oxygen from water bodies and has harmful effects on both aquatic plants and animals. Native of Latin America, it spread now to all over the world and is mostly seen as a menace. However, unlike most weeds it has many beneficial aspects. Therefore, transformation of this troublesome noxious weed to better-quality products and conversion to efficient energy seems sustainable option for developing countries and needs to be explored. The present review focuses on the various recent studies on beneficial chemicals/products and biogas generated from water hyacinth as well as its probabilities of success in commercialization.

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    Payal Mazumder

  2. Centre for Rural Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, India

    Jyoti & Meena Khwairakpam

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, India

    Ajay S. Kalamdhad

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Mazumder, P., Jyoti, Kalamdhad, A.S., Khwairakpam, M. (2021). Fantastic Floating Weeds and How to Use Them. In: Kumar, M., Snow, D., Honda, R., Mukherjee, S. (eds) Contaminants in Drinking and Wastewater Sources. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4599-3_16

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