Laboratory-scale experiments were performed to develop a procedure for biological treatment of recalcitrant anaerobic industrial effluent (from ethanol and citric acid production) using first the microalga Chlorella vulgaris followed by the macrophyte Lemna minuscula. This recalcitrant dark-colored wastewater, containing high levels of organic matter and low pH, prevents the growth of microalga...

Aerobic granular sludge is attractive for high-rate biological wastewater treatment. Biomass wash-out conditions stimulate the formation of aerobic granules. Deteriorated performances in biomass settling and nutrient removal during start-up have however often been reported. The effect of wash-out dynamics was investigated on bacterial selection, biomass settling behavior, and metabolic activiti...

Purpose The study draws upon three accounts to examine post-truth politics and its link accounting. In studying Petrobras, a Brazilian petrochemical company embroiled in corruption scandal, the authors draw of falsity understand how different depictions similar events can emerge. depict Petrobras' corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures during period juxtaposed against Federal Police ...

Under anaerobic conditions, organic pollutants in wastewater are degraded by microbes producing methane and carbon dioxide. The degradation process is effective compared to the more conventional aerobic processes and produces only 5-10% of sludge. This saves considerably on cost associated with the sludge disposal. Among anaerobic technologies, the most popular ones is the upflow anaerobic slud...

OBJECTIVE AND METHODS Vegetables irrigated with untreated domestic wastewater were, at the time of harvest, analysed for the presence of the faecal indicator, Escherichia coli, and helminth eggs in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Vegetables from the same harvested batch were collected approximately 12 h later from the local market. RESULTS The survey found relatively low concentrations of E. coli (1.9 ...

background & aims of the study: detergent and phosphate are one of the main and vital threats (eutrophication phenomenon and production of synthetic foam) for the source of drinking water, agriculture and industrial uses in the ahvaz, iran that threaten human health. the aim of this study is the evaluation of the efficiency of the electrocoagulation (ec) process in the removal of detergent and ...

Potential of groundwater contamination by trichloroethylene (TCE) and other volatile organic compounds VOCs near car industry was conducted in this study. TCE, PCE, toluene, xylene, dichloromethane, cyclohexane, n-hexane and n-pentane were detected in all groundwaters. Mean TCE levels in groundwater ranged from 124.37 to 1,035.9 μg L⁻¹ with maximum level of 1,345.7 μg L⁻¹. Due to the data obtai...

The potential of industrial therapy in the recovery of chronic psychotics and the need for a reappraisal of the kinds of work done were illustrated at a recent NAMH conference on 'Stress and work'. at least 10% of the 46,000 chronic schizophrenics under the age of 60 in Britain's psychiatric hospitals can be rehabilitated in the opinion of Dr. Donal Early, consultant psychiatrist at Glenside Ho...

2,4,7,9-Tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol (TMDD) is a non-ionic surfactant which is preferentially used as defoamer in paints and printing ink and for the treatment of surfaces. Effluents of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been identified as the domination point sources for TMDD in rivers since the removal rate of the compound in the WWTPs is in general less than 70%. However, the dominati...