Title:
Short Rotation Plantations Irrigated with Wastewater: Evaluation of Suitable Species for India
Author(s):
Knauer, C., Doyle, L.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
Recent studies suggest that the wastewater treatment in plantations of fast-growing trees, the so-called short rotation plantations, can contribute to the solution of three large problems in India: wood scarcity, water scarcity and the lack of wastewater treatment in large parts of the country. Despite promising results of first experimental applications, this concept is not used in large scales in India. The aim of this work is to identify tree species suitable for the treatment of wastewater in short rotation plantations in tropical and subtropical India, and to compile detailed information on them to support farmers and wastewater treatment companies in the selection of species. Altogether 21 suitable species were identified, indigenous as well as exotic, of which nine were found not appropriate for different reasons. The remaining 12 species have a wide range of ecological optima, covering all the different ecological conditions of tropical and subtropical regions of India. Moreover some species provided special features, such as the potentials to grow on degraded lands or to take up heavy metals, making them suitable for the remediation of those sites.
Keywords:
energy crops, short rotation forestry (SRF), wastewater treatment, database
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Short rotation forestry and short rotation coppice
Event:
22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1CV.4.44
Pages:
332 - 338
ISBN:
978-88-89407-52-3
Paper DOI:
10.5071/22ndEUBCE2014-1CV.4.44
Price:
FREE
