• This pathogen has quarantine status in Europe • Washing and/or processing of potatoes from affected areas could contaminate GB watercourses • A new automated molecular diagnostic test means the pathogen can now be reliably detected in industrial potato washings and sewage effluents • As such, effluents from industrial potato washing can be monitored before release into the environment • The t...

Aims: To study the biosorption of lead ions from solution using Bacillus cereus isolated from industrial effluents collected from Peenya industrial area, Bangalore, India and to determine the optimum conditions for biosorption. Study design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Bangalore University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, between O...

In this study, the ultrasonic, photocatalytic and sonophotocatalytic degradation of organics in textile industrial effluent was studied using ZnO nano catalyst, ZnO nano catalyst was synthesized by using sol-gel method. The structure and morphology of the catalyst were investigated using scanning election microscopy (SEM), electron dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray <span id="transma...

Abstract Anthropogenic interventions in the form of dams and barrages often alter fluvial functionality eco-geomorphological (geomorphology, hydrology, ecology) behaviour river systems. The present work examines environmental flow, channel metamorphosis, Damodar River context Valley Corporation (DVC) development. Structural (dams, barrages, weirs, etc.) non-structural (urban–industrial agricult...

Bioremediation is a technology of using microorganisms to reduce, eliminate or transformation of contaminants to benign products present in soils, sediments, water and air. It is not a new technology; it has been practiced by humankind since the beginning of recorded history [1]. Evidence of kitchen middens and compost piles data back to 6000BC and the more modern use of bioremediation began ov...

Rice husk a very low cost material has been utilized as adsorbent for the removal of lead from industrial effluents. Adsorption studies have been carried out at 28°Cand the effect of initial lead concentrations (100-1000) mg/l, adsorbent dosage (0.05-1) g, pH (2-10) and contact time (10-180) min on lead uptake to establish a mathematical model description percentage removal of Pb (II). The infl...