A Low Cost Natural Process of Waste Treatment: Phyto-Treatment of High Bio-Degradable Wastewater of Poultry Processing Industry in Developing Country

Seraj Ahmad and Inamul Haq
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Seraj Ahmad: Environmental Science & Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, India
Inamul Haq: Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), Central University, India

International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, 2018, vol. 9, issue 4, 121-127

Abstract: Water hyacinth (Eichhorniacrassipes) is a fast growing and worst kind of aquatic plant which has caused adverse socio-economic and environmental impacts. In spite of these problems, it has several benefits in resources conservation and clean-up of contaminated environmental media. Several studies reviewed suggesting that Water Hyacinth (WH) can effectively remove pollutants. Nowadays, particularly in the developing countries, the wastewater including sewage posing serious problems of treatment In the present study water hyacinth is used to treat wastewater containing high biodegradable organics of Poultry Processing Industry (PPI) mostly located in rural areas of India where availability of electricity is a major problem. The treated wastewater quality showed high pollutant removal rate in terms of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), and other parameters in a defined time. The treated wastewater meets the norms prescribed under Indian Water Pollution Control Act. The BOD removal efficiency was found at 85.5% and 92% in case of WH-1(50% wastewater surface coverage area by WH) and WH-11 (75% wastewater surface coverage area by WH) as compared to control condition without WH. A significant reduction in all the parameters achieved in 4 to 5 days of retention time.

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2018.09.555769

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