Abstract
Livestock wastewater that is discharged into rivers and ponds results in eutrophication, which would then cause an increase in microorganisms, microalgae, and macrophytes. The derivatives of which critically damage aquatic life and agricultural irrigation. This study designed a swine farm wastewater bioremediation system, by using tubular chained cyanobacteria-immobilized agar–alginate blocks and cyanobacteria biological absorption to reduce wastewater pollution. Swine farm wastewater was filtered through a long tube stuffed with cyanobacteria (Dermocarpella sp.)-immobilized agar–alginate blocks. The removal efficiencies of biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, phosphorous, ammonia, and suspension solids were evaluated.
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Sincere appreciation is expressed to Lai, Yung-Mei Swine Farm (Taitung, Taiwan) for providing facilities and support during the execution of this research. We also appreciate Dr. Yi-Chih Huang and Dr. Jenn-Hung Hsu in National Taitung University as well as Dr. Tai-Bin Chen in I-Shou University made suggestion for the statistical analysis. The authors are also thankful to the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan, ROC, for partially funding this study.
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Lee, Y., Hu, HF. & Ch’iu, CY. Using agar–alginate immobilized cyanobacteria (Dermocarpella sp.) arranged in tubular chains to treat swine farm waste water. J Appl Phycol 25, 1747–1752 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-013-0033-4
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