Investigation on the Efficiency of Effective Microorganisms for Polluted Water Treatment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mun Wei Se Hoo ◽  
Swee-Sen Teo
Keyword(s):  
Water Samples ◽  
Nitrate Concentration ◽  
Optimum Concentration ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Ion Concentration ◽  
Synthetic Wastewater ◽  
Ammonium Ion ◽  
Polluted Water ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Effective Microorganisms

Water pollution, mainly caused by rapid industrialization and population growth, has been one of the major threats to the sustainability of living organisms. The urgency to preserve and restore the freshwater system has never been clearer, as only 1% of the world's total water supply is suitable for human consumption. Recently, biological treatment using Effective Microorganisms Activated Solution (EMAS) shows potential in reducing pollution in wastewater and river water bodies. Thus, this study aims to assess the water quality of water bodies in Malaysia, namely Kerayong River and Pandan Perdana Lake, and assess the effectiveness and optimum concentration of EMAS on polluted water. The results obtained showed that high levels of NO2- , NO3- and NH3 were found in excess in Kerayong River, indicating pollution occurs whereas none of the tested parameters were detected in excess in Pandan Perdana Lake, hence showing it was not contaminated. The effectiveness of EMAS on synthetic wastewater was assessed through the measurement of few parameters which include Ca2+, Na+ , K+ , NO3- , NH4+ , pH and microbe concentration. It was found that in all concentrations of EMAS, ammonium ion concentration was effectively reduced, and microbe concentration was increased (p < 0.05). EMA (1 mL/L) and EMB (0.2 mL/L) samples had significantly lower nitrate concentration compared to the control samples. EMAS were not capable to reduce dissolved water minerals such as Ca2+, Na+ and K+ , but further contributes to the increase of dissolved minerals in the water. Whereas no significant effect of EMAS on pH of water samples was observed as all water samples fall within pH of 4.31 to 4.56 throughout 5 days. EMAS concentration of 1 mL/L was the optimum concentration for reducing ammonium and nitrate concentration.

scholarly journals Effective Microorganisms in Producing Eco-Enzyme from Food Waste for Wastewater Treatment

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-36
Author(s):  
Low Chin Wen ◽  
Regina Leong ◽  
Zhi Ling ◽  
Swee-Sen Teo
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Bacterial Population ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Effective Microorganisms ◽  
Brown Sugar ◽  
Precious Resource ◽  
Ph Range ◽  
Life On Earth

The problem of food wastage is becoming an increasingly worrying topic as the world is heading towards sustainability to preserve the quality and the perseverance of life on Earth. Such food waste is inclusive of fresh fruit and vegetable (FFV) which make up a substantial 60% of all food wasted around the globe. Hence the purpose of this study is to valorize the FFV waste into eco-enzymes for the purpose of wastewater treatment, as having clean water sources and cleaning greywater and blackwater before discharge back into the environment are an important factors in preserving public health worldwide. Only a total of 1% of the world's freshwater is accessible for human consumption, therefore it is important to save and recycle this precious resource. The objective of this study was to fully utilize the food waste in wastewater treatment. The production of eco-enzyme is done via the process of fermentation of FFV. In this study, eco-enzymes were generated from waste derived from vegetable and fruit. The vegetable eco-enzyme was fermented via S. cerevisiae for a total of 7 days. The fruit-produced eco-enzyme was fermented with brown sugar for three months with the native bacterial population present within the fruit as the fermentation agent. The eco-enzymes produced were used to treat the water samples collected from Menjalara Lake (3°11'42.2"N 101°37'39.7"E) and Keroh River (3°12'25.0"N 101°38'27.9"E). In addition, household rice-rinsed water was obtained from Kajang (3°07'38.0"N 101°51'83.0"E). After the fermentation, the eco-enzymes solutions were acidic with a pH range of 4.1-5.24, which could be due to the metabolization of carbohydrates into volatile and organic acids. The effectiveness of the eco-enzyme treatments was assessed via measuring Ca2+, Na+, K+, NO3- and pH. It was found that the fruit-produced eco-enzyme was effective in reducing NO3-, in all three water samples. But both the fruit-produced eco-enzyme and vegetable-produced eco-enzyme were not effective in reducing the concentration of Ca2+, Na+ and K+. Further improvements that can be done are the prolonging of treatment duration from five days to 30 days. Other than that, experimentation with different concentrations to reduce the introduction of excess metal ions into the treated water samples.

scholarly journals CYPRINUS CARPIO: BIOINDICATOR OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION IN YAMUNA RIVER, DELHI REGION

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 805-812
Author(s):  
Sapna Gupta ◽  
Vartika Singh ◽  
M. L. Aggarwal
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Cyprinus Carpio ◽  
Metal Pollution ◽  
Heavy Metal Pollution ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Polluted Water ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Yamuna River

Heavy metals being persistent pose conglomerated hazards towards safety and human health. Impacts of heavy metal pollution can be exhibited by both natural and anthropogenic activities. Therefore, developing nations are under immense pressure of controlling the environmental impacts of increasing industrialization and pollution, subject to their limited resources and infrastructure. Bioindicators are important biological entities to determine the positive/ negative changes in the desired ecosystem. They are the fast respondents towards the slightest changes and provide early reliable results. Identifying & establishing a suitable bioindicator can provide a faster and inexpensive way to address the undesirable effects. Cyprinus carpio, a freshwater fish, is used to determine the Lead (Pb) at different locations of Yamuna River and the bioavailability in different tissues. In the present study, we are trying to establish fish as an indicator of lead pollution in the river. It is a well-known fact that the water bodies are most affected by human activities. Polluted water bodies can lead to adverse effects on human health. Lead is also known to cause phytotoxicities in aquatic and terrestrial plants. This study is therefore an attempt to identify the harmful impacts of lead in River ecology. Ten fish specimens of C. carpio were collected from four different sites of Yamuna River and analyzed for Lead accumulation in fish tissues. High concentration and accumulation were observed in specimens collected from various locations and found to be higher than the permissible limits for human consumption.

scholarly journals Dynamics of mineral nitrogen compounds in the waters of the Dniester River

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petru Ciorba ◽  
◽  
Elena Zubcov ◽  
Nina Bagrin ◽  
Liliana Teodorof ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Total Nitrogen ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Seasonal Dynamics ◽  
Organic Nitrogen ◽  
Mineral Nitrogen ◽  
Ion Concentration ◽  
Ammonium Ion ◽  
Nitrogen Compounds ◽  
Ammonium Ions ◽  
Nitrate Ions

This article presents the results of studying the content of mineral (ammonium ions, nitrites and nitrates) and organic nitrogen compounds in water samples collected from the Dniester river in 2020. In the study are examines the seasonal dynamics of the forms of mineral nitrogen, total nitrogen and the correlation between organic and mineral nitrogen. Limits of ammonium ion concentration in the Dniester river varied between 0.002 mg N/l and 0.93 mg N/l, nitrite ions 0.002 mg N/l and 0.05 mg N/l, nitrate ions 0.002 mg N/l - 1.36 mg N/l.

SITE-SPECIFIC EQUATIONS OF STATE FOR COASTAL SEA AREAS AND INLAND WATER BODIES

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Andrulionis ◽  
Natalia Andrulionis ◽  
Ivan Zavialov ◽  
Ivan Zavialov ◽  
Elena Kovaleva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Equation Of State ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Equations Of State ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Ionic Composition ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Aral Sea ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Coastal Sea

This article presents a new method of laboratory density determination and construction equations of state for marine waters with various ionic compositions and salinities was developed. The validation of the method was performed using the Ocean Standard Seawater and the UNESCO thermodynamic equation of state (EOS-80). Density measurements of water samples from the Aral Sea, the Black Sea and the Issyk-Kul Lake were performed using a high-precision laboratory density meter. The obtained results were compared with the density values calculated for the considered water samples by the EOS-80 equation. It was shown that difference in ionic composition between Standard Seawater and the considered water bodies results in significant inaccuracies in determination of water density using the EOS-80 equation. Basing on the laboratory measurements of density under various salinity and temperature values we constructed a new equation of state for the Aral Sea and the Black Sea water samples and estimated errors for their coefficients.

Conceptual model for minimizing the risk of water pollution in the Kemerovo region

2020 ◽  
pp. 107-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Yu. Kulikova ◽  
Ju. A. Sergeeva
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Water Contamination ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Polluted Water ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Mine Waters ◽  
Critical Limit

One of the problems of functioning of coal industry enterprises is the formation of mine waters, which are discharged into water bodies and cause their dangerous pollution. The total volume of water pumped by the enterprise includes up to 15 % for the recycling cycle, the remaining 85% is discharged to surface water bodies. As a result, the ecological balance of coal regions is disturbed, their sanitary and hygienic state on the environment worsens, and the quality of coal is reduced due to the intake of polluted water for technological operations. The volume of mine water contamination increases during mining operations at deeper horizons and in difficult mining and hydrogeological conditions. In turn, this leads to pollution and depletion of underground aquifers and the formation of environmental risk factors. In Kuzbass, all these factors contribute to the development of water crisis, since the state of surface reservoirs has already reached a critical limit. Especially dangerous is the process of liquidation of mines. Closing mines and sections disrupt natural water flows, resulting in all water from the aquifers going to deeper horizons. More pollutants enter the water, which poison the underground hydrosphere of the regions. The paper analyzes the pollutants entering the underground and surface hydro grid at coal-fired plants and offers a Conceptual model for minimizing the risk of water pollution.

Removal of heavy metal ion from synthetic wastewater using spent tea waste powder

2021 ◽  
pp. 24-38
Author(s):  
Devyanshu Sachdev ◽  
Shyam Sunder Mishra ◽  
Srinivas Tadepalli
Keyword(s):  
Metal Ion ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Ion Concentration ◽  
Metal Particles ◽  
Synthetic Wastewater ◽  
Batch Adsorption ◽  
Toxic Heavy Metals ◽  
Copper Solution ◽  
Tea Waste

The current work centres around on the expulsion of toxic heavy metals from mechanical effluents through the cycle of adsorption. This traditional approach is expensive, henceforth the utilization of ease, bountiful naturally neighbourly bio sorbents must be utilized. Adsorption conduct of copper and lead from waste water has been researched in this paper utilizing adsorbent like used tea powder waste. Copper and lead are profoundly harmful metal particles and considered as the need contamination delivered from different chemical ventures electroplating, blending exercises, smelting, battery manufacture etc. The effluents have been unnecessarily delivered into the climate because of expeditious industrialization and have made a worldwide concern. Hence, they should be taken out before release. In current paper, the trial results did in batch adsorption measure utilizing the treated waste tea powder with engineered test arranged in the test center were tried and introduced. The different boundaries, for example, solution’s pH, initial metal ion concentration, temperature and adsorbent dosage on the adsorption of Cu and Pb were considered. The greatest evacuation of Copper was above (at pH 5) 90% was observed using used tea waste powder at 100 ppm Copper solution. The removal of lead was above 85% (at pH 5) was respectively observed at the same operating conditions.

scholarly journals Behavior and Performance of Natural Coagulants in Polluted Water

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 1096-1100
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Sample ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Polluted Water ◽  
Chemical Parameters ◽  
Physical And Chemical Parameters ◽  
Natural Coagulants ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
Domestic Purpose

In this project, Polluted water sample from a Pond is collected for treating it by using Natural Coagulants. The pond is located in Madarpakkam Village, near Gummudipoondi, Tamilnadu, India. There were 4 water samples collected from four different points around the pond at depth of 0.5m, 1m, 1.5m and 2m. The water samples were analyzed for physical and chemical parameters with reference to the code IS 10500-1991. The objective of this project is to reduce the level of turbidity and bacteriological contaminants from water using locally available Natural Coagulants and to reduce the concentration of particular matter such as suspended particles, parasites, bacteria, algae, virus and fungi and to make use of the treated water for domestic purpose, as it reduces cost about 30% to 70%, the usage of these Natural coagulants will be more in future. It is nontoxic and non-corrosive. So, it is safe for human health. The usage of Natural coagulants can be increased in future as it increases the Water quality.

scholarly journals Ground-Water Quality in Islamkot and Mithi Talukas of District Tharparkar, Sindh, Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-150
Author(s):  
Jhaman Das Suthar ◽  
Inayatullah Rajper ◽  
Zia-ul- Hassan ◽  
Nizamuddin Depar ◽  
Velo Suthar
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Salt Content ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Ground Water Quality ◽  
Desert Region ◽  
Remote Areas

Surface water supplies are gradually becoming short in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Thus, assessment of groundwater quality for crop use appears to be very essential for management and utilization of precious natural water resources. This study reports the water quality of 52 hand pumps and one tubewell located in the most remote areas of desert region, viz. Islamkot and Mithi talukas of district Tharparkar. The water samples were collected during April 2016 (just before the start of rainy season). The water samples were analyzed for EC (Electrical Conductivity), pH, CO32-, HCO3-, Cl-, Ca2+, Mg2+ and Na+ concentration. The SAR (Sodium Adsorption Ratio) and RSC (Residual Sodium Carbonates) were estimated using their respective formula. The categorization of water samples based on their soluble salt content clearly revealed that the water bodies of majority (65%) of areas were hazardous, while 25% areas were marginal. Thus, only 11% water samples of the area under study had useable irrigation water. Because of SAR and RSC the majority (89 and 77%, respectively) of water samples were found to be free from the sodicity hazard. The study concluded that salinity, and not sodicity was the major threat to the area under irrigation with these water bodies. It is, therefore, suggested that the salinity tolerant crops and their genotypes may be used in this area to sustain crop production.

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