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Extended Abstract

Adapting Spontaneous Flora for In-Situ Soil Remediation †

by
Carmen Gabriela Constantin
1,2,
Ana Cracica
3,
Elena Dumitrescu
3,
Malina Prisecaru
1,
Radu Kuncser
1,4,
Marius Enache
1,4 and
Maria Paraschiv
1,5,*
1
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
2
HORTINVEST Center, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Mărăști Boulevard, 011464 Bucharest, Romania
3
OMV-Petrom-ICPT Campina, 29 Culturii Blvd., 105600 Campina, Prahova, Romania
4
Romanian R&D Institute for Gas Turbines—COMOTI, 220D Iuliu Maniu St., 061126 Bucharest, Romania
5
National Institute of R&D for Biological Sciences, Department of Biomaterials and Bioproducts, 296 Splaiul Independentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Presented at the 16th International Symposium “Priorities of Chemistry for a Sustainable Development” PRIOCHEM, Bucharest, Romania, 28–30 October 2020.
Proceedings 2020, 57(1), 91; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020057091
Published: 17 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 16th International Symposium “Priorities of Chemistry for a Sustainable Development” PRIOCHEM)
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1. Introduction

The extractive industry occasionally faces incidents that lead to soil contamination with specific products in the proximity of extraction sites. In general, such punctual problems are treated, through out-site methods, which involve the excavation of the affected soil and its treatment in dedicated units [1]. Within the CleanTech Project, funded under the frame of POC 2014–2020 Structural Funds Programme, clean technologies to remediate contaminated sites are developed, by adapting specific biomass types that are able to restore the native soil characteristics [2]. In this paper, remediation of clay-based soil polluted with reservoir water was approached by cultivation of Salicornia sp. and Suaeda sp. sampled form natural sites like Lacu Sarat (Braila county).

2. Materials and Methods

For this study, the plant species were sampled form Lacu Sarat in three stages of development: early stage, mature stage, and at the end of the life cycle.

3. Results

It was found that, despite the longer time required for effective results, on-site decontamination technologies are not only cleaner, but contribute to restoring the soil microbiome.

4. Conclusions

Spontaneous flora species such as Salicornia and Suaeda were proven to be effective in managing the level of chlorides in the tested real environment, as it can be seen in Figure 1.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Romanian competitiveness operational program (POC 2014–2020) through the knowledge transfer project—CleanTech, POC-P40_308, SMIS: 105958 (http://cleantech.pub.ro/).

References

  1. Katsumi, T. Soil excavation and reclamation in civil engineering: Environmental aspects. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 2015, 61 (Suppl. 1), 22–29. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  2. Sevda, A.; Hossein, G.; Chengrong, C.; Petra, M. Salt-affected soils, reclamation, carbon dynamics, and biochar: A review. J. Soils Sediments 2016, 16, 939–953. [Google Scholar]
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Figure 1. Spontaneous Salicornia sp. and Suaeda sp. from Lacu Sarat adapted on affected soils.
Figure 1. Spontaneous Salicornia sp. and Suaeda sp. from Lacu Sarat adapted on affected soils.
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Constantin, C.G.; Cracica, A.; Dumitrescu, E.; Prisecaru, M.; Kuncser, R.; Enache, M.; Paraschiv, M. Adapting Spontaneous Flora for In-Situ Soil Remediation. Proceedings 2020, 57, 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020057091

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Constantin CG, Cracica A, Dumitrescu E, Prisecaru M, Kuncser R, Enache M, Paraschiv M. Adapting Spontaneous Flora for In-Situ Soil Remediation. Proceedings. 2020; 57(1):91. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020057091

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Constantin, Carmen Gabriela, Ana Cracica, Elena Dumitrescu, Malina Prisecaru, Radu Kuncser, Marius Enache, and Maria Paraschiv. 2020. "Adapting Spontaneous Flora for In-Situ Soil Remediation" Proceedings 57, no. 1: 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020057091

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Constantin, C. G., Cracica, A., Dumitrescu, E., Prisecaru, M., Kuncser, R., Enache, M., & Paraschiv, M. (2020). Adapting Spontaneous Flora for In-Situ Soil Remediation. Proceedings, 57(1), 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020057091

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