Publisher's Synopsis
Chapter I - INTRODUCTION
1.0 Biological Waste Water Treatment:
Wastewater treatment embraces numerous techniques
to produce effluent suitable for the survival of flora and
fauna, after having been polluted by chemicals, sanitary
wastes, oils, and the like. Various methods for treatment of
wastewater has been described and invariably these methods
are used in a sequence to suit the wastewater treatment
requirement The treatment of water-soluble compounds that
cause depletion of oxygen in the wastewater as well as
surrounding areas around it, have been the target of many a
study and the most proven systems for treatment of such
wastewaters have been by the "biological" route (Singh S K et.al.
1992).
