Treatment of Industrial Waste Water Using Bio-augmented Process

An undergraduate Thesis
Presented to
The Faculty of Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering
Rizal Technological University
Boni Avenue, City of Mandaluyong

In Partial Fulfilment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

By:
Empleo, Eljohn O.
Jaboya, Rica R.
Jose, John Kenneth D.
Tagalag, Anthonio
Villaroman, Cain Justine F.

June 2020
Statement of the Problem:
1. What are the quantity and composition of waste water produced by industrial plants
2. What are the advantages of this process to the other water treatment processes?
3. What are the environmental impacts of bio-augmented process?
Objectives:
1. Find out the advanced method for the treatment of waste water so that water after
treatment can be reused for various purposes in eco-friendly manner as well as it can
able to restore aquatic ecosystems.
2. Improve the efficiency of treatment plants to clean industrial wastewater
3. Long-term and sustainable solution to the growing scarcity of water worldwide is to
recycle and reuse wastewater.
Project Description:
A promising long-term and sustainable solution to the growing scarcity of water
worldwide is to recycle and reuse wastewater. In wastewater treatment plants, the
biodegradation of contaminants or pollutants by harnessing microorganisms present in
activated sludge is one of the most important strategies to remove organic contaminants from
wastewater. However, this approach has limitations because many pollutants are not efficiently
eliminated. To counterbalance the limitations, bio augmentation has been developed and
consists of adding specific and efficient pollutant-biodegrading microorganisms into a microbial
community in an effort to enhance the ability of this microbial community to biodegrade
contaminants.
Significant of the Study:
1. The implementation of low cost sewage treatment that will time permit selective reuse
of treated effluents for agricultural and industrial purpose.
2. A promising method for solving practical problems in the installation of industrial
wastewater plant treatment or waste water treatment, as well as to improve the
efficiency of removal.
Reference of Related Literature:
1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5036679/
2. Wastes From Water Treatment Plants: Literature Review, Results Of An Illinois Survey
And Effects Of Alum Sludge Application To Cropland - Illinois State Water Survey Water
Quality Section
3. https://www.hawkinsinc.com/groups/water-treatment/bioaugmentation/
Methodology:

 Identifying the research problem

 Creating hypothesis
 Gathering information
 Creating a scale Model
 Collecting data
 Analysis of data
 Summary and Conclusion
Time Frame:

Activities February March April May June July August September October November
Identifying
the
1
research
Interrupted Due to Covid Pandemic

problem
Creating
hypothesis

Gathering 1
information 1

Creating a
scale
Model
Collecting
data
Analysis of
1
data
Summary
and
Conclusion

Budget:

ALLOCATION BUDGET (Php)

MATERIALS 6,000
TESTING 4,000
PRINTING OF RESEARCH PROJECT 2,500
TRANSPORTATION 2,500
TOTAL 15,000