Physico-Chemical and Heavy Metal Valences Reduction of Wastewater from The Beverage Industry by Fungi (Penicillium Sp)

This work aimed to characterize beverage wastewater generated in the industry and assess treatment plant performance by fungi (Penicillium sp.) feasibility of reuse. Freshly discharged was collected analyzed for physicochemical parameters such as Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical (COD), Total Dissolved Solid (TDS), Nitrate, Phosphate, Magnesium, Calcium, Iron, Copper, Zinc standard methods. At a 7-day interval, 190ml sterilized local dye inoculated with Penicillium sp. two weeks, were determined. The results observed raw, bio-treated removal efficiency showed: BOD (280 mg-1, 255 mg-1 , 108 19.64 %, 61.43 %); COD (540 420 285 43.75%, 88.13%); Nitrate (130 90 25 30.77%, 80.77%); Phosphate (48 5 30.91%, 78.18%); Calcium (55 38 12 Iron (29 18 07 37.93 75.86 Copper (0.09 0.07 0.02 22.22 77.78 (0.08, 0.06, 0.03 22.5%). Fungi demonstrated ability remove pollutants other wastes from wastewater. These indicate that some companies employing methods their effluents do not heavy metals.