Utilization of Parupuk Plants (Phragmites Karka)

to Reduce Mercury Levels in Water

Former of Diamond and Golden Mining
Lailan Ni’mah, Muhammad Adzhari Ansari,
Hari Apriyan Saputra, Adi Rahmadi, Ulfa
Fitriati

Lambung Mangkurat University

The 5th ICSBE (Sustainable Built Environment)

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OUTLINE

THEORETICAL MATERIAL AND

INTRODUCTION
BASIS METHODOLOGY

RESULTS AND
CONCLUSION
DISCUSSION

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CHAPTER I
MERCURY
INTRODUCTION

DIAMOND AND PARUPUK

GOLD MINES PLANTS

PHYTOREMEDIATION

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MERCURY

DIAMOND AND GOLD

MINES

THEORETICAL
CHAPTER II BASIS

PHYTOREMEDIATION

PARUPUK PLANTS
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CHAPTER III
MATERIAL AND METHODOLOGY

TOOLS
MATERIALS
• 3 pieces of storage containers 50 cm
in diameter and 30 cm high
• Former diamond mine waste from
• 12 pieces of sampel bottles diamond and gold mining in
• pH meter Pumpung village, South Borneo
• Scales • Aquadest
• 12 erlenmeyers • Parupuk plants

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VARIABELS
INDEPENDENT VARIABELS
• Mass of the Parupuk
• Duration of Phytoremediation
DEPENDENT
VARIABELS
• Parupuk Plants
• Methods of Static Phytoremediation
• Waste Mined Diamond and Gold
• Volume of Waste
• Dimensions of Phytoremediation
Containers
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METHODOLOGY

pH and Hg
Measuring

Phytoremedia
tion Process

Acclimation
Process

Taking Sampels
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CHAPTER IV
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Tabel 1 Wastewater Quality Standards

Parameters Before PP No.82 Tahun 2001 Permenkes RI
Phytoremediation No.416 /menkes/ Per/IX/90

Standards Suitability Standards Suitability

pH 5,98 6-9 Unsuitable 6,5-9 Unsuitable

Hg 0,0404 mg/l 0.002 Unsuitable 0.001 Unsuitable

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 pH and Hg Measuring after Phytoremediation Process

7 Tabel 2 . Results of pH measurements on

Phytoremediation Plant
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5 0,5 kg pH parameters Length of Phytoremediation

1 kg
pH

4 8 hours 80 hours 152 hours 224 hours

1,5 kg

3 Mass of 0,5 kg 6,2 5,7 5,7 5,6

Plants 1 kg 5,9 7,8 6 5,8

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1,5 kg 5,8 5,9 5,8 5,8
1

0
8 jam 80 jam 152 jam 224 jam

Figure 1. Graph The Relation between 9

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Tabel 3 Results of Mercury Measurement after Phytoremediation

Hg parameters Length of Phytoremediation
(mg/l) 8 hours 80 hours 152 hours 224 hours
Mass of 0,5 kg 0,023334 0,016219 0,00845 0,002013
Plants 1 kg 0,009892 0,002612 0,005134 0,001719
1,5 kg 0,003701 0,001928 0,001679 0,000301

Tabel 4 The effectiveness of Hg phytoremediation using the parupuk plant

Mass of Length of Phytoremediation

Plants 8 hours 80 hours 152 hours 224 hours
0,5 kg 41.66% 30.49% 47.90% 76.17%
1 kg 75.27% 73.59% -96.5% 66.51%
1,5 kg 90.74% 47.90% 12.91% 82.07%
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0.025

0.02
Konsentrasi Raksa

0.015
0.5 kg
mg/l

1 kg

0.01 1.5 kg

0.005

0
8 jam 80 jam 152 jam 224 jam

Figure 2. Graph of the comparison between mercury decrease and

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 Plants Charasteristics Change

Figure 3. Plant Condition at Figure 4. Plant Condition at Figure 5. Plant Condition at

80 hours of phytoremediation 152 hours of phytoremediation 224 hours of phytoremediation

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Figure 6. Growth of New Shoots On Phytoremediation Plants (Parupuk) 13

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CONCLUSION
1. The optimum condition of phytoremediation is at the 8th hour with
plant mass 1.5 kg with effectiveness of 90,74%.

2. The more plant mass for phytoremediation, the greater the

absorption capacity of the pollutant, while the longer the immersion,
the absorption of the plant against the pollutant metal decreases.

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