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Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils and Water Using Vetiver Grass

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Environmental Bioengineering

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Phytoremediation includes utilization of plants to remediate polluted soils. In this chapter, application of Vetiver grass in phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils is discussed. Case studies in Australia, China, and South Africa are presented. The future application may be in the areas of mine site stabilization, landfill rehabilitation, leachate treatment, wastewater treatment, and other land rehabilitation. It is a low-cost remediation method.

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  1. Veticon Consulting Pty Ltd, Chapel Hill, Brisbane, Australia

    Paul N. V. Truong Ph.D.

  2. Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Yin Kwan Foong Ph.D.

  3. School of Civil Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Michael Guthrie B.E.

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Yung-Tse Hung Ph.D., P.E., DEE

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Truong, P.N.V., Foong, Y.K., Guthrie, M., Hung, YT. (2010). Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils and Water Using Vetiver Grass. In: Wang, L., Tay, JH., Tay, S., Hung, YT. (eds) Environmental Bioengineering. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 11. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-031-1_8

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