Remediation Modeling of Metal Contaminated Water and Soil Using Water Soluble Polymers – An Overview

Abstract: The toxic heavy metal ions are non-degradable and are persistent in the environment. Therefore, the elimination of heavy metal ions from wastewater is important to protect public health. Vegetables grown in such lands, therefore, are likely to be contaminated with heavy metals and unsafe for consumption. Polymer enhanced Ultra filtration technique offers a promising option for the heavy metal contaminated soils and water. Polymer- metal ions interactions are a subject of great interest as they have potential analytical and technological applications in fields like environmental science, industrial effluent treatment, metallurgy industry, etc., as well as their analogous implications in biological systems. With increasing industrialization, heavy metal ions undergo several technical processes and finally pass by way of effluent, sewage, dumps and dust, into the water, the earth and the air and thus into the food chain as finely dispersed and/or in solutions. Functionalized polymers with higher retention capacity and stability, offered great application prospects in heavy metal waste water and soil treatment. Moreover it is an economically viable optio