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Dr. Monserrat Vidal Álvarez
El Colegio de Veracruz

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Review
Published: 01 June 2021 in Sustainability
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Sustainable development implies the proper use of natural resources, such as water resources, but the environmental, economic, and social benefits should also be considered. In the water sector, for example, sanitation is one of the challenges that arise in rural localities. However, issues related to it may be solved with the use of constructed wetlands (CWs), which may allow the cultivation of ornamental plants with phytoremediation properties. Through a content analysis, the environmental, economic, and social potential of ornamental species used in Mexico for phytoremediation in CWs is documented in this study. The environmental potential of the plants was considered based on their phytoremediation properties. The economic potential was determined from research articles and from the National Agri-Food Information System. The social potential was analyzed considering the ornamental and artisanal use of the plants. In total, 21 species of phytoremediation plants were identified. Anthurium andreanum and Zantedeschia aethiopica stand out for their commercial value, reported in 2018 to be 272,875 and 30,318 USD, respectively, at the national level. The social potential was identified by the ornamental or artisanal use for flower arrangements and weaving. This study reveals that the use of CWs with ornamental vegetation is a sustainable option to clean wastewater, reuse water, and generate economic incentives. Thus, it is essential to provide the community with adequate training for the management of CWs in those sites that lack treatment systems.

ACS Style

Irma Zitácuaro-Contreras; Monserrat Vidal-Álvarez; María Hernández Y Orduña; Sergio Zamora-Castro; Erick Betanzo-Torres; José Marín-Muñíz; Luis Sandoval-Herazo. Environmental, Economic, and Social Potentialities of Ornamental Vegetation Cultivated in Constructed Wetlands of Mexico. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6267 .

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Irma Zitácuaro-Contreras, Monserrat Vidal-Álvarez, María Hernández Y Orduña, Sergio Zamora-Castro, Erick Betanzo-Torres, José Marín-Muñíz, Luis Sandoval-Herazo. Environmental, Economic, and Social Potentialities of Ornamental Vegetation Cultivated in Constructed Wetlands of Mexico. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):6267.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Irma Zitácuaro-Contreras; Monserrat Vidal-Álvarez; María Hernández Y Orduña; Sergio Zamora-Castro; Erick Betanzo-Torres; José Marín-Muñíz; Luis Sandoval-Herazo. 2021. "Environmental, Economic, and Social Potentialities of Ornamental Vegetation Cultivated in Constructed Wetlands of Mexico." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 6267.

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Published: 27 December 2020 in REVISTARQUIS
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En el presente trabajo se pretende aproximar al lector desde una perspectiva teórica – metodológica a los principios y fundamentos del desarrollo urbano sustentable al brindar un panorama general a la sustentabilidad urbana enfocada en la gestión de políticas públicas sustentables. En este sentido el trabajo presenta un análisis crítico del caso de la ciudad de Orizaba, Veracruz, México. Ha sido catalogada dentro del Índice de Ciudades Prósperas de la ONU (CPI) como una ciudad sustentable a partir de diversas medidas. Sus resultados en políticas urbanas han sido enfocados en tres indicadores urbanos específicos: gestión de residuos sólidos, transporte público eficiente, y gestión de áreas verdes. Si bien el trabajo no recurre a un ejercicio estadístico, metodológicamente se aborda una revisión y análisis de los instrumentos informativos de carácter público de dicha ciudad que corresponden a los indicadores anteriormente mencionados. De esta manera, se tiene como propósito generar una discusión reflexiva sobre la aplicación de los instrumentos de evaluación y certificación que catalogan a las zonas urbanas como sustentables o no, para contrastarlos con la realidad de la situación actual de la ciudad.

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Luis Gerardo Bautista Castelán; Pedro Martínez Olivarez; Monserrat Vidal Álvarez. Desempeño urbano sustentable mediante tres indicadores: residuos sólidos, transporte público, áreas verdes. Orizaba, Veracruz, México. REVISTARQUIS 2020, 10, 61 -78.

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Luis Gerardo Bautista Castelán, Pedro Martínez Olivarez, Monserrat Vidal Álvarez. Desempeño urbano sustentable mediante tres indicadores: residuos sólidos, transporte público, áreas verdes. Orizaba, Veracruz, México. REVISTARQUIS. 2020; 10 (1):61-78.

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Luis Gerardo Bautista Castelán; Pedro Martínez Olivarez; Monserrat Vidal Álvarez. 2020. "Desempeño urbano sustentable mediante tres indicadores: residuos sólidos, transporte público, áreas verdes. Orizaba, Veracruz, México." REVISTARQUIS 10, no. 1: 61-78.

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Published: 19 April 2019 in Sustainability
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The effects of Canna indica (P1), Pontederia sagittata (P2), and Spathiphyllum wallisii (P3) growing in different filter media materials (12 using porous river rock and 12 using tepezyl) on the seasonal removal of pollutants of wastewater using fill-and-drain constructed wetlands (FD-CWs) were investigated during 12 months. Three units of every media were planted with one plant of P1, P2, and P3, and three were kept unplanted. C. indica was the plant with higher growth than the other species, in both filter media. The species with more flower production were: C. indica > P. sagittate > S. wallisii. Reflecting similarly in the biomass of the plants, C. indica and P. sagittata showed more quantity of aerial and below ground biomass productivity than S. wallisii. With respect to the removal efficiency, both porous media were efficient in terms of pollutant removal performance (p > 0.05). However, removal efficiency showed a dependence on ornamental plants. The higher removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), nitrates (NO3−-N), ammonium (NH4+-N), and phosphates (PO4−3-P) oscillated between 81% to 83%, 80% to 84%, 61% to 69%, 61% to 68%, 65% to 71%, 62% to 68%, and 66% to 69%, respectively, in P1 and P2, removals 15% to 30% higher than P3. The removal in planted microcosms was significantly higher than the unplanted control units (p = 0.023). Nitrogen and phosphorous compounds were highly removed (60%–80%) because in typical CWs, such pollutant removals are usually smaller, indicating the importance of FD-CWs on wastewater treatments using porous river rock and tepezyl as porous filter media. (BOD5), chemical oxygen demand (COD), (NO3−-N), (NH4+-N), (TKN), and (PO4−3-P).

ACS Style

Sergio A. Zamora-Castro; José Luis Marín-Muñiz; Luis Sandoval; Monserrat Vidal-Álvarez; Juan Manuel Carrión-Delgado. Effect of Ornamental Plants, Seasonality, and Filter Media Material in Fill-and-Drain Constructed Wetlands Treating Rural Community Wastewater. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2350 .

AMA Style

Sergio A. Zamora-Castro, José Luis Marín-Muñiz, Luis Sandoval, Monserrat Vidal-Álvarez, Juan Manuel Carrión-Delgado. Effect of Ornamental Plants, Seasonality, and Filter Media Material in Fill-and-Drain Constructed Wetlands Treating Rural Community Wastewater. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (8):2350.

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Sergio A. Zamora-Castro; José Luis Marín-Muñiz; Luis Sandoval; Monserrat Vidal-Álvarez; Juan Manuel Carrión-Delgado. 2019. "Effect of Ornamental Plants, Seasonality, and Filter Media Material in Fill-and-Drain Constructed Wetlands Treating Rural Community Wastewater." Sustainability 11, no. 8: 2350.

Review
Published: 17 February 2019 in Applied Sciences
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The vegetation in constructed wetlands (CWs) plays an important role in wastewater treatment. Popularly, the common emergent plants in CWs have been vegetation of natural wetlands. However, there are ornamental flowering plants that have some physiological characteristics similar to the plants of natural wetlands that can stimulate the removal of pollutants in wastewater treatments; such importance in CWs is described here. A literature survey of 87 CWs from 21 countries showed that the four most commonly used flowering ornamental vegetation genera were Canna, Iris, Heliconia and Zantedeschia. In terms of geographical location, Canna spp. is commonly found in Asia, Zantedeschia spp. is frequent in Mexico (a country in North America), Iris is most commonly used in Asia, Europe and North America, and species of the Heliconia genus are commonly used in Asia and parts of the Americas (Mexico, Central and South America). This review also compares the use of ornamental plants versus natural wetland plants and systems without plants for removing pollutants (organic matter, nitrogen, nitrogen and phosphorous compounds). The removal efficiency was similar between flowering ornamental and natural wetland plants. However, pollutant removal was better when using ornamental plants than in unplanted CWs. The use of ornamental flowering plants in CWs is an excellent option, and efforts should be made to increase the adoption of these system types and use them in domiciliary, rural and urban areas.

ACS Style

Luis Sandoval; Sergio Aurelio Zamora-Castro; Monserrat Vidal-Álvarez; José Luis Marín-Muñiz. Role of Wetland Plants and Use of Ornamental Flowering Plants in Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: A Review. Applied Sciences 2019, 9, 685 .

AMA Style

Luis Sandoval, Sergio Aurelio Zamora-Castro, Monserrat Vidal-Álvarez, José Luis Marín-Muñiz. Role of Wetland Plants and Use of Ornamental Flowering Plants in Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: A Review. Applied Sciences. 2019; 9 (4):685.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Luis Sandoval; Sergio Aurelio Zamora-Castro; Monserrat Vidal-Álvarez; José Luis Marín-Muñiz. 2019. "Role of Wetland Plants and Use of Ornamental Flowering Plants in Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: A Review." Applied Sciences 9, no. 4: 685.