Abstract

PLANTS AS BIOFILTER

Privya M.* and Varuna P. Panicker

Abstract

Plants are best to filter the pollution from environment, and they are also eco-friendly. Plants root, bark, seed, leaves are the main components to act as a coagulant, which have the capacity to purify the water to a great extent and it can also have anti-bacterial and antifungal properties. They can absorb heavy metals and toxic substances in the waste water. When there is a good impact, absolutely there is also a bad impact – here also there are some disadvantages are there. Then also we can prefer this method that is it’s a natural method and the scarcity of water is increased.

Keywords: Plants, Biofilter, Heavy Metals, Plant Roots.