Abstract

Most of Sasirangan fabric industry in South Kalimantan have not carried out an optimal wastewater treatment effort. In order to improve the quality of the waste, a combination of filtration and phytoremediation using the symbiosis of water hyacinth and Jeringau plants were applied. This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of the filtration and phytoremediation processes using a combination of the two aquatic plants. The method used in this study was an experimental method with the treatment of a comparison of water hyacinth and Jeringau, namely 1: 3, 1: 1, and 3: 1 (w/w). The research stages are the acclimatization of the two aquatic plants for ten days, filtration with sand, gravel, and coconut fibers, and phytoremediation. The parameters tested in this study were BOD, COD, and TSS. The results showed that the combination of filtration and phytoremediation with the combination of the two water plants was able to improve the quality of sasirangan’s effluent. The best treatment for BOD and TSS was the combination of water hyacinth and Jeringau 1:1 (w/w) with the effectiveness obtained was 75.57% for BOD; and 63.93% for TSS, and the combination of water hyacinth and Jeringau at 3:1 (w/w) for COD with the effectiveness of 87.20% for COD.

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