Possibilities of Phytoremediation of Chromium in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeljka Stjepic Srkalovic – University of Tuzla, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Urfeta Vejzagica 4, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dado Srkalovic – University of Tuzla, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Civil Engineering, Urfeta Vejzagica 2, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract: The paper presents the results of geoecological – pedological research on chromium (Cr) concentrations in the soil of Tuzla and the possibility of its reme­diation via phytoextraction, phytostabilisation and phytoreduction methods. The terrain work included the collection of 240 soil samples from an area of 303 km2. The samples were analysed by Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), and the results were used to examine the concentrations and to show the spatial distribution of chromium in the area of Tuzla.

Chromium concentrations in the soil of the city of Tuzla range from 67 ppm-1592 ppm, and out of 240 in total of the analyzed soil samples, chromium concentrations were elevated in 239 of them. The possibility of phytoremediation was evaluated and the results were presented in this paper.

8th International Scientific Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture – ITEMA 2024 – Conference Proceedings, Hybrid (Zayed University, Dubai, UAE), October 24, 2024

ITEMA Conference Proceedings published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia

ITEMA conference partners: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Slovenia; Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Varaždin; Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Serbia; Institute of Marketing, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland; Faculty of Agriculture, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine ”King Michael I of Romania”, Romania

ITEMA Conference 2024 Conference Proceedings: ISBN 978-86-80194-89-9, ISSN 2683-5991, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ITEMA.2024

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