The application of bioremediation: Reduction of metal concentrations in river water and COD in distillery effluent

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-186

  Jackson, V A ^a   Paulse, A N ^a   Bester, A A ^a   Neethling, J H ^a   Du Plessis, K R ^b   Khan, W ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b ARC INFRUITEC NIETVOORBIJ   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Distillery effluent; Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry; Metals; Pollution; Rivers

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISTILLERIES; EFFLUENTS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

DISTILLERY EFFLUENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; METAL CONCENTRATIONS;

BIOREMEDIATION;

ALUMINUM; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; METAL; NICKEL; RIVER WATER;

BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISTILLERIES; EFFLUENTS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; METAL; NITRIC ACID; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER WATER;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METAL RECOVERY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WINE INDUSTRY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; METALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

AFRICA; PLANKENBRUG RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 33947208084     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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