"REHABILITATION OF A HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATED RIVERBED BY PHYTOEXTRACTION TECHNIQUE"
The Guadalentín river channel, as it passes through the city of Lorca (Region of Murcia), is contaminated by heavy metals from industries (mainly leather tanning), farms (mostly pigs) and agriculture (such as consequence of excessive fertilization with pig slurry).
Traditionally, the techniques that have been used for the recovery of sediments in rivers contaminated with heavy metals have focused on ex-situ physical and chemical techniques, such as solidification, soil washing, etc. Techniques based on bioremediation, such as phytoextraction, have hardly been put into practice.
Through the LIFE11 ENV / ES / 000506 project "Rehabilitation of a heavy metal contaminated riverbed by phytoextraction technique", which will run until March 2017, the aim is to recover a contaminated section of the Guadalentín river by applying phytoextraction techniques.
The project is presented from a participative perspective, in which all the partners will contribute their knowledge and experiences as well as participating in decision-making and control of the project's actions.
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