Sustainable Solutions for Textile Pollution: Evaluating Phytoremediation with Lemna minor, Spirodela polyrhiza, and Eichhornia crassipes

Abstract

While the textile industry is important to the world economy, its environmental effect, which includes the discharge of pollutants such as dyes, heavy metals, and organic compounds, needs long-term solutions. This research looks at the phytoremediation capacities of three plant species, Lemna minor, Spirodela polyrhiza, and Eichornia crassipes, for which macrophyte survey was undertaken for decreasing different water quality indicators in textile effluent, in the drain region of Sanganeri printing companies from three different S-1: Sanganeri print, S-2: Radha prints and S-3: Sanganeri block print. The study will look at how effective these plants are in removing and detoxifying pollutants present in textile effluents. Metrics such as pollutant absorption, plant development characteristics, and biochemical alterations will be tracked. The results show that Eichornia crassipes consistently outperformed Spirodela polyrhiza and Lemna minor across all parameters tested, showing its superior efficacy in textile wastewater phytoremediation. This study adds to the promotion of phytoremediation as an effective instrument for environmental restoration and assists in the creation of low-cost, environmentally friendly solutions to alleviate the textile industry's environmental impact.