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Paul Truong, TVN and DNR&M, and BARBARA HART Environmental Consultant, Brisbane, Australia
The
The following
following extraordinary
extraordinary characteristics
characteristics make
make vetiver
vetiver grass
grass an
an exceptional
exceptional candidate
candidate for
for wastewater
wastewater treatment
treatment
** Higher
Higher evapo-transpiration
evapo-transpiration rate
rate than
than most
most wetland
wetland plants
plants ** Highly
Highly tolerant
tolerant to
to soil
soil acidity,
acidity, alkalinity,
alkalinity, salinity
salinity and
and sodicity
sodicity
** Very
Very high
high and
and fast
fast absorption
absorption rate
rate of
of nutrients,
nutrients, particularly
particularly ** Highly
Highly tolerant
tolerant to
to heavy
heavy metal
metal toxicity
toxicity
Ammonia,
Ammonia, total
total Nitrogen
Nitrogen and
and Phosphorus
Phosphorus ** Highly
Highly tolerant
tolerant toto water
water logging
logging and
and inundation
inundation
** Vetiver
Vetiver grass
grass isis normally
normally sterile
sterile and
and non
non invasive
invasive ** Highly
Highly tolerant
tolerant to
to concentrated
concentrated leachates
leachates
Leachate pond infested with Blue Green algae Decontamination trial using floating platform
This small area of vetiver planting was successfully used to vetiver grass as compared with the prostrate canopy and shallow roots of Kikuyu.
Effluent from this intensive nursery is highly loaded with Exit : Total N level at 1.2mg/L
nutrients, particularly Nitrogen and Phosphorus treat all the effluent runoff from this nursery or a reduction of 99%