Use of vegetation for the removal of pollutants from wastewater as an alternative environmental technique for wastewater treatment

Abstract The paper focuses on the evaluation of the use of vegetation for the removal of contaminants from wastewater through vegetation-based wastewater treatment plants. Subsequently, the specific efficiencies of wastewater treatment using a selected vegetation-based wastewater treatment plant are evaluated. The results show that vegetation-based wastewater treatment plants generally work at relatively high treatment efficiency, but one of the main factors influencing the treatment efficiency is the values of pollution indicators at the inflow to the wastewater treatment plant.