Abstract
The present study gave a preliminary report on the phytofiltration of iron-contaminated waters and aggravation of iron uptake by copper supplementation using Typha latifolia L. in constructed microcosms. During the experiment, Fe concentrations reduced up to 1.67 ± 0.076 mg L−1 (94.43% removal efficiency) and 0.087 ± 0.013 mg L−1 (97.10% removal efficiency) by 14th day from the initial concentrations of 30 mg L−1 in the microcosm setups. Iron accumulation in the plant tissues was 2425.65 ± 41.01 mg kg−1 (Fe with Cu) compared with 1446.00 ± 36.01 mg kg−1 (without Cu), revealing that Cu addition in the microcosm setup magnifies Fe accumulation and removal. Thus, the results signify that constructed wetlands (CW) can serve as the low-cost, ecofriendly alternative for wastewater treatment.
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Introduction
Iron (Fe), when consumption exceeds 40 mg kg−1 body weight, can cause death (WHO 2011). The excess accumulation in the body may lead to hemochromatosis, hemorrhagic necrosis, sloughing mucosal areas in the stomach and tissue damage of organs by catalyzing H2O2 conversion to free radical ions that attacks cell membranes, proteins, breaks down DNA strands and activates oncogenes. Moreover, Fe toxicity causes diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis and related cardiovascular diseases and hormonal abnormalities (Gurzau et al. 2003). Therefore, in order to safeguard the human health from Fe toxicity, Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) has set a limit on the provisional maximum tolerable daily intake (PMTDI) of 0.8 mg kg−1 body weight, which is applicable to accumulation from numerous sources like coloring agents, food supplements and water (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives 1983).
Various conventional treatment methods that include precipitation, reduction, artificial membranes and ion exchange techniques have been employed for the removal of heavy metals from domestic and industrial effluents (Meitei and Prasad 2014a). However, the techniques proved to be expensive and generate huge amount of waste that lead to disposal problems and showed ineffectiveness when the metals were present in the lowest concentrations. The reasons provide the need to look for different wastewater management techniques that are cost-effective and have low environmental impact. Phytoremediation approach that uses plants to reduce, remove and degrade pollutants is termed as a sustainable alternative for long-term decontamination of polluted environment (Prasad 2004) and an alternative method to solve the problem of Fe contamination in wastewater.
Although abundant in distribution, Fe bioavailability is low in the aquatic systems because of the extreme solubility of Fe3+ in alkaline calcareous soils, making the phytoextraction of Fe difficult from the natural environment. Thus, from the several phytoremediation practices, phytofiltration and rhizofiltration that involve the removal of pollutants by the roots with their transport into the aerial portions of the plant show a promising potential (Tel-Or and Forni 2011; Gomes et al. 2014). For the phytoremediation of domestic or industrial effluents contaminated with metals, plant species with high pollutant uptake capacity and enormous growth rate is a must. Recently, the use of CW which are engineered wastewater treatment systems that resembles the processes occurring in the natural treatment wetlands and used for the treatment of a wide variety of wastewaters, viz. industrial effluents, urban and agricultural, animal wastewaters, leachates, sludges, medical wastes and mine drainage, has been thoroughly studied (Afzal et al. 2019; Nguyen et al. 2019; Ashraf et al. 2020; Borralho et al. 2020; Khalid and Ganjo 2020; Kodituwakku and Yatawara 2020).
In the present preliminary laboratory-scale microcosm experiment, the potential of Typha latifolia L. to treat Fe-contaminated wastewaters and its Fe uptake aggravation by Cu supplementation was studied to solve the problem of Fe pollution from the aquatic environment. Typha spp. are diversely distributed 11 species of emergent aquatic macrophytes belonging to Typhaceae family and grow naturally in floodplains, marshes, dams, drainage channels, wetlands and dump sites. The plant species showed high tolerance and high uptake capacity of numerous pollutants from various degraded environments making it a suitable candidate for use in constructed wetlands (Manios et al. 2003; Batool 2020; Hussien et al. 2020; Ventura et al. 2021).
Materials and methods
Collection of T. latifolia
Healthy young buds of T. latifolia were collected from Loktak, northeast India. The plants were transported to laboratory, repeatedly washed with tap water and rinsed with distilled water to remove unwanted materials. The plants were then cultivated with a density of 20 buds per square meter for > 30 days, so the individuals might reach up to 30 cm in height (using normal tap water).
Microcosm setups for Fe phytofiltration
Laboratory-scale microcosms (0.6 m × 0.4 m × 0.4 m) were developed in the University of Hyderabad, School of Life Sciences green house facility with controlled environmental conditions of 18 h-light length, temperature 25 ± 2 °C and relative humidity 70%, respectively (Fig. 1). The microcosms were filled to a depth of 30 cm with a mixture of sand and gravel (1:1, v/v). In the microcosm one, 20 L of wastewater with Fe concentrations of 30 mg L−1 was transferred. Likewise, 20 L of wastewater with Fe and Cu concentrations of 30 and 15 mg L−1 was transferred in the microcosm two. In both the microcosms, three buds of T. latifolia (15 cm long and same weight) each were cultivated and the experiment was carried out for a period of 14 days. The experiment was replicated for each treatment. During the experimentation, water samples were collected every day (1st to 14th day) from the outlets and preserved in decontaminated polyethylene bottles for analysis. Likewise, sediments were collected on the 1st, 7th and 14th day, respectively. Similarly, aerial vegetal plant parts of T. latifolia at about 5 cm above the water level were collected on the 1st, 7th and 14th day.
Photosynthetic pigment estimation
For the estimation of pigments, vegetal parts were harvested on the 1st, 7th and 14th day, respectively. Estimation of pigment content was done following Arnon (1949) and Duxbury and Yenstch (1956). For the analysis, 0.1 g of plant part was ground in 5 mL chilled 80% acetone in dark. Then, the sample was centrifuged at 5000 g for 10 min at 4 °C and the absorbance of the supernatant recorded at 480, 645 and 663 nm for the estimation of chlorophyll (Chl) and carotenoids.
Anthocyanin estimation
Anthocyanin extraction was performed using 0.5 g vegetal parts (harvested on 1st, 7th and 14th day) in 10 mL of n-propanol/HCl/H2O (18:1:81, v/v/v) mixture. The samples were then heated in a boiling water bath for 30 min and further incubated in dark at 4 °C for 24 h. The extracts were then filtered and the absorbance recorded at 535 and 650 nm, with the anthocyanin content calculated and expressed according to Lange et al. (1971) and Bette and Kutschera (1996) as A535 g−1 fresh weight:
Iron and copper analysis of water, sediment and T. latifolia
For analysis, water samples were filtered through 0.45-µm Millipore membranes, acidified with conc. HNO3 to pH < 2 and stored in the dark at 4 °C. Then, the acid digestion was carried out with conc. HNO3/HClO4 (3:1, v/v). Likewise, sediments were brought to laboratory, air-dried at room temperature for three days and sieved to remove any coarse debris. The samples were then ground using a mortar and sieved to get fine powders. The total metal content was determined by digesting the sediments with conc. HNO3/HClO4 (3:1, v/v). Similarly, the plant samples were thoroughly washed with tap water and rinsed with deionized water to remove any unwanted materials. The plant parts were then oven-dried (70 °C) for 24 h to get a constant weight and then ground using a Clotech Powder Mill and later sieved to get fine powders. The samples were then acid-digested: 10 mL of HNO3/HClO4, 3:1, v/v added to samples of 1.00 g. After cooling at room temperature, the residue was diluted with double deionized water to 30 mL. The heavy metal (Fe and Cu) concentrations were determined using an Atomic Adsorption Spectrophotometer (GBC-932, Australia) for sediment, water and T. latifolia (Meitei and Prasad 2013). The quality control and method validation were done using standard reference materials and standards (Sisco Research Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., India) ran concurrently to calibrate the Atomic Adsorption Spectrophotometer.
Translocation coefficient of Fe in T. latifolia
The water–plant transfer coefficient (TC) was calculated as the relation between the metal ion concentrations in the plant parts and in the contaminated water as a proper way to express the relative metal absorption by T. latifolia.
Data analysis
The results represent the mean ± standard deviation values of experiments performed. Data were statistically evaluated using functions of Microsoft Excel 2010 (version Office Windows 7, Microsoft Corporation, USA).
Results and discussion
Variation of Fe and Cu concentration in water
The constructed microcosm’s performances for Fe and Cu removal are shown in Table 1. The Fe concentrations got reduced from the initial 30 ± 0.0 mg L−1 to 1.67 ± 0.076 mg L−1 and 0.87 ± 0.013 mg L−1 in the microcosms 1 and 2, respectively. The removal of Fe exceeded 94.43% in microcosm 1 and 97.10% in microcosm 2 by the 14th day (336-h) exposure period. Likewise, Cu concentration in microcosm 2 got reduced to 0.014 ± 0.076 mg L−1 by 6th day (144 h) from the initial concentration of 15 ± 0.0 mg L−1. The metal removal was governed mainly through the process of phytofiltration and phytoextraction by T. latifolia, sedimentation and adsorption in the trickling filters in the microcosms. The iron-rich colloidal (precipitates) formation (milky white cloudy appearance) was observed on the surface of the wastewater in both the microcosms. Normally, Fe precipitation occurs subsequent to either atmospheric (abiotic) and bacterial mediated oxidation (Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, Sphaerotillus sp., Metallogenium sp., Crenothrix sp.) of Fe (II) to Fe (III) (Groudeva et al. 2001). Likewise, chemical precipitation of Fe added as hydrous oxides and hydroxides or oxy-hydroxides after the diffusion of sufficient oxygen at the air-ware interface was observed. The initial pH was found between the ranges of 7.4 to 7.9 in both microcosms. It is important to mention that chemical precipitation of Fe occurs in the pH range of 3.5 to 9.0 (Metcalf et al. 2003) compared to bacterial mediated oxidation of Fe (II) and subsequent precipitation is not that likely to be observed at low pH conditions (Vyzamal 1995). It justifies that any direct involvement of microorganisms in the oxidation of Fe (II) and its subsequent precipitation was an insignificant process in the microcosms. In addition to the accumulation of Fe directly by the plant, the fallen litter also influences Fe retention in the microcosm. The decomposition of litter promotes the release of Fe from the sediment into the water medium, by transforming reducible Fe into exchangeable and oxidizable Fe. A large portion of Fe, mostly the hydrated iron oxides, adsorbs onto the fallen litter due to their high binding affinities of Fe oxides (Wu et al. 2019). Thus, apart from the phytoextraction process, the plant detritus also plays an important part in Fe removal from the microcosm by acting as a sink.
Variation of Fe and Cu concentration in sediment
In the sediment, Fe and Cu concentrations got increased significantly. The results depicted a significant accumulation of both the metal ions in the microcosms during the experimentation period (Fig. 2a and b). The Fe concentration increased from 345.5 ± 15.23 mg kg−1 to 765.75 ± 53.82 mg kg−1 during 1st and 14th day of exposure in microcosm 1 compared to the increase from 329.25 ± 14.23 mg kg−1 to 915.75 ± 25.13 mg kg−1 during 1st and 14th day exposure in microcosm 2, respectively. Similarly, Cu concentrations in the substrate of microcosm 2 increased from 329.5 ± 15.23 mg kg−1 to 1065.45 ± 17.81 mg kg−1 and 614.85 ± 35.00 mg kg−1 during 1st, 7th and 14th exposure period, respectively. In the sediments, Fe accumulation is mainly found in the residual fraction with relatively low mobility and availability (Wu et al. 2019). The Fe concentrations in the substrate changed gradually with time, apart from slow flocculation rates and subsequent sedimentation of Fe-rich colloidals, and senescing plants too tend to produce Fe-rich organic detritus (underground parts). As a result, the organic detritus may complex with the settled precipitates of Fe2O3 and Fe (OH)3 through adsorptive mechanisms. Therefore, the detritus from the aboveground parts of T. latifolia may also serve as an additional adsorption site for Fe that remains in the wastewater (O’Sullivan et al. 2004). In addition, co-precipitation acts as an important adsorptive phenomenon in wetland sediments during the removal of heavy metals with the metals such as Cu co-precipitating with Fe oxides (Noller et al. 1994). In the setup, further Cu concentrations decrease may be attributed to the uptake of more Cu from the substrate by the rhizomes/roots of T. latifolia, as initial Cu rose and further decreased by 14th day exposure period. It showed that the substrate acts as a primary sink for the retention of Fe and Cu in the constructed microcosms. The results showed the need of proper and in-depth research on the fate of the metals (Fe and Cu) in the substrates as an important parameter to assess the permanent and safe removal of the metals using constructed microcosm treatment techniques.
Fe and Cu accumulation in T. latifolia
The Fe and Cu accumulation in the T. latifolia biomass from the microcosms is presented in Fig. 3a and b. The Fe accumulation increased from 348 ± 41.23 mg kg−1 to 1446 ± 36.01 mg kg−1 during 1st and 14th day of exposure in microcosm 1. The adsorption of Fe to the anionic sites, viz. phosphate and carboxyl groups in the cell walls, and the precipitation of Fe2O3 and Fe(OH)3 within the cell walls can be the reason for the rhizofiltration and its subsequent phytoaccumulation (Soltan and Rashed 2003). In addition, some of the Fe-rich colloidals formed in the wastewater were absorbed by the underground rhizomatic tissues of T. latifolia possibly by solubilization and then subsequent assimilation through the secretion of organic acids outside the underground surface. The plants cultured in the microcosms 1 and 2 showed significant active effluxing of Fe and with time (7th to 14th day) probably to prevent any phytotoxic levels of Fe being accumulated in T. latifolia tissues. Likewise, root mediated precipitation (Fe as FePO4 and FeCO3) and sedimentation of the Fe flocs were noticed during the stages of active effluxing to avoid Fe—phytotoxicity (Jayaweera et al. 2008). Most probably, Fe colloidals were formed inside the root cells and with a series of root exudates, involving some peptides for the flocculation of the colloidal particles. Anning et al. (2013) reported Fe, Cu, Zn, Pb and Hg accumulation up to 585.6, 28.4, 82.4, 5.6 and 5.14 mg kg−1, respectively, in the biomass of T. latifolia from constructed wetlands treating wastewater. In the presence of Cu in the microcosm 2, the accumulation of Fe increased up to 1390.36 ± 23.56 mg kg−1 and 2425.65 ± 41.01 mg kg−1 during 1st and 14th day of exposure period, respectively. Likewise, Cu concentration in T. latifolia increased from 57.15 ± 3.4 mg kg−1 to 127.05 ± 2.7 mg kg−1 during the exposure period of 1st to 14th day. La Fontaine et al. (2002) reported that the photosynthetic algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii possesses both Cu-dependent (orthologue to Fet3) and Cu-independent pathways for Fe acquisition. However, it is indicated that Fe acquisition by roots does not require Cu, but they instead depend on Cu independent transporters. Sancenon et al. (2003) reported that the plasma membrane Cu and Fe chelate reductase activities are inextricably linked. The root plasma membrane Cu and Fe reductase activities were significantly induced upon both Cu and Fe depletion in pea plants (Cohen et al. 1997). In addition, induction of ferric reductase activity by simultaneous Fe and Cu deficiency is synergetic rather than additive, which is consistent with a single gene responding to both Fe and Cu deficiency (Romera et al. 2003). Askwith et al. (1994) demonstrated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that the connection between Cu and Fe homeostasis relies on the multicopper ferroxidase Fet3, responsible for yeast high affinity Fe uptake. Likewise, Wu et al. (2005) reported FRO2 (ferric reductase oxidase 2) and FRO3 (ferric reductase oxidase 2) as the main components responsible for Fe acquisition and metabolism in Arabidopsis roots. Ferric reductase oxidase 2-reductase also exhibits Cu reductase activity under Fe deficiency, and FRO3 expression increases in Arabidopsis roots upon both Fe and Cu limitation suggesting its involvement in Fe and Cu acquisition. However, there is a need of further detailed analysis on the mechanism of Fe uptake aggravation in the biomass of T. latifolia due to Cu supplementation.
Photosynthetic pigment and anthocyanin content in T. latifolia
Heavy metal stress inhibits the Chl biosynthetic pathways in many aquatic plants, destroys pigment, chloroplast membranes and thylakoid membranes leading to reduction in the photosynthetic efficiency (Meitei and Prasad 2014b). The reduction of Chl concentrations was observed in T. latifolia between 1st and 14th day of exposure period for both microcosms 1 and 2 (Fig. 4a and b). However, no sign of chlorosis was observed on the aboveground parts of T. latifolia exposed to 30 and 15 mg L−1 concentrations Fe and Fe–Cu at the end of 14th day depicting the tolerant nature of T. latifolia. Moreover, carotenoids are reported to act as antioxidants against free radicals and photochemical damage, and the less reduction/change in the carotenoids level in the plants might represent its supportive role against oxidative stress (Sengar et al. 2008). During the study, anthocyanin concentration got increased in both the setups during the exposure period. It revealed that anthocyanin synthesis makes it an effective strategy against reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation during Fe and Cu stress. Anthocyanin not only scavenges free radicals but also binds the heavy metals or metal inducing ions in the vacuole and causes their detoxification in the cell (Krupa et al. 1996). Similar to our results, Manios et al. (2003) reported that T. latifolia showed no significant reduction in the pigment content when exposed to Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn, thereby concluding that no significant toxic action was imposed.
Transfer coefficient of Fe in T. latifolia
The concentration of Fe was 348 ± 41.23 mg kg−1, attaining 1446 ± 36.01 mg kg−1 during the exposure of 14th day, and corresponds to the maximum TC of 865.87 ± 0.034 L kg−1 in microcosm 1 (Table 2). In the microcosm 2, when supplemented with Cu, the TC of Fe increased from 1390.65 ± 23.56 L kg−1 to 2425.65 ± 41.01 L kg−1, respectively in 14th day. The high values of water–plant transfer coefficient explain the high uptake rate of Fe by T. latifolia in the microcosm constructed. It suggests the possible role of T. latifolia in the immobilization of Fe in natural aquatic environment by sequestering the metal in their tissues and thereby reducing the dispersion in the ecosystem. Similar to our findings, numerous reports have highlighted the potential of aquatic macrophytes for metal removal from various degraded environments using CW (Table 3). Batool (2020) reported that T. latifolia showed 95%, 91% and 89% removal efficiency of Cu, Zn and Pb from synthetic leachate in constructed wetlands poly-cultured with P. australis. Likewise, a removal efficiency of 93.4% and 94% for Cu and Zn at the optimum contact time of 72 h was reported with T. latifolia and Cyperus papyrus in a constructed wetland treating agricultural wastewater (Hussien et al. 2020).
Thus, the results of our preliminary study in the laboratory microcosm conditions presented the tolerant nature and the phytofiltration potential of T. latifolia to strip Fe from the contaminated wastewater. However, the progress of the phytoremediation system needs to address a better understanding of the metal uptake mechanism, retention time in the plant tissues and its decomposition as plant litter in the sediment. The understanding of the basic interactions between plants, sediment, microorganisms and physical properties of water in the natural wetland system will help in designing long term remediation tactics built on natural models for remediation of various environments contaminated with numerous heavy metals (Prasad 2004). The techniques of phytoremediation using wetland plants thus represent an ecofriendly, aesthetically appealing, low-cost technique that can be useful for the cleanup of numerous environmental pollutants that are present in low to moderate levels (EPA 2001). Numerous studies have highlighted the potential of aquatic macrophytes to remove metals from different polluted environment (Meitei and Prasad 2016a, b; Johnson et al. 2019; Dahija et al. 2019; Ashraf et al. 2020; Borralho et al. 2020; Khalid and Ganjo 2020; Sidek et al. 2020). The aquatic vegetation of the wetlands via the process of phytoextraction sequesters the metals into their biomass and thus helps purify the contaminated environment. The aquatic plants in the wetlands also have high metal remediation potential because of their fast growth and high biomass production even in the highly contaminated environment, making them the best possible candidates for future remediation approach of metals. Today, the acquired information and knowledge can be applied in man-made systems that resemble the natural environment of the studied plant (T. latifolia) in the form of CW to protect numerous degraded ecosystems around the world.
Conclusion
As Fe pollution in various parts of the world poses a serious health and ecosystem threat, the concept of CW with Typha latifolia as an alternative sustainable treatment method for the removal of Fe from wastewater environment proved as a low-cost and eco-friendly approach. Further, the experiment showed that the removal efficiency of Fe increased with the supplementation of Cu in the microcosm, which showed the aggravating potential of Cu in Fe removal. Based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that the plant-based technology of CW using wetland plants needs to be properly exploited and researched for the restoration of ecosystems degraded with a number of heavy metals.
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Meitei, M.D., Prasad, M.N.V. Potential of Typha latifolia L. for phytofiltration of iron-contaminated waters in laboratory-scale constructed microcosm conditions. Appl Water Sci 11, 47 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-020-01339-4
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