Pilot Plant Experiences Using Activated Sludge Treatment Steps for the Biodegradation of Textile Wastewater
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...So, textile wastewater containing dyes must be treated before their discharge into the environment (Forgas et al., 2004)....
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...Recent study has used the combination of anaerobic and aerobic steps in an attempt to achieve not only decolourization but also mineralization of dyes (Forgas et al., 2004; Ong et al., 2005)....
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...…systems are recognised, by their capacity to reduce biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) by conventional aerobic biodegradation (Forgas et al., 2004; Kornaros and Lyberatos 2006; Balan and www.intechopen.com Advances in Treating Textile Effluent 146 Monteiro, 2001)....
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...Since little is known about this ecosystem, a molecular inventory is the first step to describe this dynamic bacterial community without cultivation (Godon et al., 1997)....
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...Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) offer a simple, inexpensive and sensitive method for detecting whether or not DNA fragments are identical in sequence, and so can greatly reduce the amount of sequencing necessary (Sunnucks et al., 2000)....
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...Among these methods coagulation and adsorption are the commonly used; however, they create huge amounts of sludge which become a pollutant on its own creating disposal problems (Nyanhongo et al., 2002)....
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...A part from the aesthetic deterioration of the natural water bodies, dyes also cause harm to the flora and fauna in the natural environment (Kornaros and Lyberatos 2006)....
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...…systems are recognised, by their capacity to reduce biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) by conventional aerobic biodegradation (Forgas et al., 2004; Kornaros and Lyberatos 2006; Balan and www.intechopen.com Advances in Treating Textile Effluent 146 Monteiro, 2001)....
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