Sub-Chronic Toxicity Evaluation of Tannery Waste Water to Clarias gariepinus Juveniles

This paper was conducted to investigate the sub-chronic toxicity of tannery effluents sourced from Challawa industrial estate Kano, Nigeria using Clarias gariepinus. The study covered physicochemical parameters, haematological, and biochemical stress enzymes assessments. The water quality results revealed mean value of Temperature (29.92±1.93oC), pH (8.14±0.85), DO (1.60±0.38mg/l), BOD (0.77±0.16mg/l), Salinity (7.75±0.60mg/l), Nitrate (1.19 ± 0.05mg/l) and Phosphate (16.48±0.85mg/l). After termination of 21 days sub-chronic test, haematological and biochemical changes analysed were generally considered significantly different (P<0.05) within the treatments. The haematological indices revealed a decrease and sudden increase in concentration of estimated values of PCV, Hb, RBC, MCHC and MCH, while WBC and MCV fluctuated. These may be attributed to stress, the duration of exposure and levels of pollutants in the effluent. Furthermore, oxidative stress enzymes followed an order of SOD > CAT > GSH. This could be due to level of pollutants in the effluent. The results of the data indicated tannery effluent to have a toxic effect on the experimented organism. The information calls for a more enrich toxicity testing that should involve wide range of organisms. It should entail reproductive aspects of the species, detail relationship and enhanced methodological procedures.

Cost Effective Purification of Tannery Waste Water Using Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles

The nanotechnology has reached a greater extent of the research and now it is considered as the best source of alternative in the present world. Nowadays, the contaminants present in the water should be very difficult to remove and it leads to several health issues. It is the primary requisite to know about the different physico-chemical parameters to check the quality of water. Currently, the nanotechnology has been the emerging technology and the green synthesis is acclimating to eco-friendly, non-toxic and this method reduces the pollution. This biological approach is undertaken to diminish toxicity and to reduce pollution. In these current studies, the silver nanoparticles can be synthesized from chrysopogan zizanioides root extract. The synthesised silver nanoparticles were characterized by UV-Vis, TEM, physical and chemical parameters of water quality. The synthesised silver nanoparticles were used to reduce the chemical effluents. The outcome of the synthesis silver nanoparticles is using the vital route of wastewater treatment and also effectively reduces the water contaminations.

Continuous photocatalytic setup assisted with nano TiO2 plate for tannery waste water treatment

Novel photocatalytic continuous system for treatment of the tannery waste water has been proposed regarding to the concerns about their high environmental problems. The purification process was performed by passing wastewater on the TiO2-coated surface that continuously activated by irradiation of the UV-light. Moreover, in order to improve the yield of the process, FeCl3 was used as coagulation agent. The organic and inorganic compounds, as well as the microorganisms in the tannery waste water media have been degraded through photocatalytic process. The results revealed that total dissolved solids and total suspended solids contents were significantly decreased from 8,450 and 8,990 mg·L−1 to 4,032 and 4,127 mg·L−1, respectively. Furthermore, the chemical oxygen demand content of the sample was reduced from 370 to 50 mg·L−1 after addition of 100 mL FeCl3 and 4 h of treatment. The same results were observed for elimination of the sulfate and chromium ions that led to decline of the sample electrical conductivity. As a consequence, introducing 100 ml of FeCl3 as coagulation agent and continuous treatment with photocatalityc set-up could be remarked as an effective method for purification of the tannery wastewaters.

Efficacy of microbes in bioremediation of tannery waste water at Dindigul district

Tannery waste water contains an enumerous amount of chemicals and a high level of pH, TDS, TSS, BOD, and COD, which gets directly into the natural aquatic environment, thus polluting to the water quality. Because of that important to develop a cost-effective and eco-friendly technology to treat the tannery waste water. Our present research work has been done to investigate the physical and chemical characteristics of tannery waste water and to decrease the value of BOD, pH, and COD by the procedure of bioremediation using microbes. Among the physical and chemical characteristics analyzed BOD, pH and COD were find to be very huge value. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus cereus were identified and isolated and utilized in the decrease of BOD, pH, and COD in the tannery waste water. Four different concentrations of untreated tannery waste water (control, 25, 50, 75, and 100%) were prepared. The treatment was carried out for 48 hrs (2 days). It is inferred from the results that Bacillus cereus to be more effective in reducing pH, BOD, and COD than the bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the untreated tannery effluents.

Biogas Production from Tannery Liquid Waste

This study investigated the possibility of producing biogas from tannery waste water (liming and deliming liquors) in Al-Amatounj Tannery in Khartoum. The study is based on laboratory analysis and experimental works which have been took place through a pilot scale anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR), which’s designed for the digestion process for biogas production. Experiments verified that the biogas production rates were mainly affected by operating temperature, pH, and substrate concentration. Two experiments were carried out in the range of temperature 35–40°C. The gas produced was measured by the liquid displacement system. Meanwhile, the highest biogas yields were 72% of CH4 and 28% of CO2. The production of biogas from 20 L tannery waste water with 100 g yeast , 0.0215m3, and the biogas was generated after three days. The results from this research work are considered as providing useful information and operational parameters and that promotion is more successful with efficient anaerobic codigestion.