Hi, I am a architecture student looking to find info on Phytoremediation. I have some info but was wondering if you could tell me about any plants that would flourish in marylands climate that that would be usefull in removing pollutants in moving water such as waste, oil, nitrates and any other harmful chemicals that are polluting the anacostia river.Any information you have would be helpfull. Thank you Shannon
It's a difficult question to answer: certain plants are good at uptaking certain things, not so good at others, and water depth etc. include/exclude certain plants. You pretty much have to assess the particular site, and go from there. A good primer on the topic is "Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water" by Norman Terry and Gary Stephan Banuelos. You'd be further served by a search of the literature in your university library, and a google search of various pilot projects. It's an exciting an interesting field, but complex: site and pollutant type matter greatly.
