Metal
concentrations in soils are locally quite high in Kuwait due to many reasons
such as massive oil spills during the gulf war in 1991 as well as direct dump
for untreated sewage and hydrocarbon.
Phytoremediation
may offer a possible solution to this problem because it treats the soils
through the use of plants even without the demand of removing the contaminated
material and disposing it elsewhere.
This research
project focused on the best contribution of phytoremediating the area between
six types of plant tree species collected (Conocarpus, Tamarix, Phoenix,
Rhamnus, Vitex agnus-castus and Salix) from Wafra 14 Km area and another six
reference trees from the same plant species collected for correlation from
South Khitan and Rigee areas. The samples divided into three sample categories
(leaves, stem, and soil).
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