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Nano-biotechnology-Based Solution to the Age-Old Problem of Spent Wash Causing Water Pollution in the Vicinity of Distilleries

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Distillery spent wash is the unwanted residual liquid waste generated during alcohol production, and pollution caused by it is one of the most critical environmental issues since this wastewater has very high COD (~1,10,000–1,90,000 mg/L) and BOD (~50,000–60,000 mg/L). Despite environmental guidelines imposed on effluent quality, untreated or partially treated effluent is released into waterbodies, and with its characteristic colour and odour, it threatens water quality all over the world. The threat posed by gradually increasing volumes of distillery waste or spent wash and also strong rules and regulations with respect to effluent disposal has initiated the development of newer and effective processing of effluent in cost-effective manner. Many clean-up techniques have been practiced traditionally and have been innovated by including novel approaches for bioremediation to treat this spent wash. With the enhancement in science and technology, urbanization also contributes to an increase in the load of toxic waste in the environment. The existing methods are not efficient to remove contaminants from the environment. Due to the distinctive properties of nanomaterials and their applications in various fields, they are gaining attention from researchers in bioremediations fields. Hence, nanomaterials are immobilized with microorganisms to clean the environmental pollution. In this chapter, we will discuss the use of nanomaterials for the removal of contaminants.

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Jha, S., Kapoor, P., Jeyaseelan, C., Paul, D. (2023). Nano-biotechnology-Based Solution to the Age-Old Problem of Spent Wash Causing Water Pollution in the Vicinity of Distilleries. In: Shah, M.P. (eds) Advanced Application of Nanotechnology to Industrial Wastewater. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3292-4_1

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