Science Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry ISSN: 2276-6308
Published By Science Journal Publication International Open Access Publisher
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© Author(s) 2015. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Research Article
The Ability of Aquatic Weed Water Hyacinth and Water Lettuce To Reduce Heavy Metal Manganese (Mn), Zinc (Zn) and Iron (Fe) Oukhan Ibrahim Mohamed*1, Tri Retnaningsih Soeprobowati2, Ing. Sudarno3 1Post
Graduate Student at Environmental Science Study Program Post Graduate Program Diponegoro Universityy, Indonesia 2Post Graduate Lecturer at biology Program , Diponegoro University, Indonesia 3Post Graduate Lecturer at Environmental engineering Program ,Diponegoro University, Indonesia Corresponding Author E-mail:
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Accepted on February 20, 2015
Abstract: Water quality is very important for human life. On the other hand, human activity can make the quality of river water getting worse especially on heavy metal content. The heavy metals which commonly contain in water are Zinc, Manganese and Iron. Then, to reduce the concentration of heavy metal, people can use quatic plants namely water hyacinth and water lettuce. Based on the result, the heavy metal contain already reduce into
