Nutrients Removal Of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Sewage Treatment Plant Effluent Using Landscape Plants

Universiti Teknologi PERTONAS (UTP) has a municipal sewage treatment plant that treat wastewater form the whole university according to Standard A of Environmental Quality Act 1974 limit. However, the effluent of this treatment plant contains inorganic fertilizer-related chemicals such as ammonia, nitrate and phosphorus that can lead to the contamination of our water course through run-off or of our air through volatilization if it is excessive. This study is assessed the of landscape plants for purification of nutrient enriched wastewater effluent using phytoremediation method to achieve zero discharge. Each landscape plant will be placed in each compartment and the water sample will be collected after one day detention time. As for the plant growth, observation will be conducted by observation of new young shoot development.