Bio assay on effectiveness of the chemical hydrolyzation for denaturing agrochemical contaminated wastewater
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2015
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Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka
Abstract
Pesticides provide the primary means for controlling organisms that compete with man for food
and fiber, livestock and crops. Global insecticide use in 2007 has been estimated 404 000 metric
tons of active ingredient (Grube et al. 2011). The agricultural sector is the primary user of
pesticides, consuming over four million tons of pesticides annually (Chen et al. 2009 and Chevillard
et al. 2012). Most agrochemicals imperviousness to microbial degradation and has tendency to
bio-accumulate in the soil fauna and flora. Water contamination has turned into a significant
danger to the presence of living life forms in aquatic environment and aquatic organisms are
highly susceptible for the agrochemical lethality. Many studies have shown the toxicity effect of
agrochemical, but few studies have done to investigate the effectiveness of those treatment
methods. Since the usage of agrochemical cannot be banded, best thing is finding a suitable
method to detoxify them and understand the effectiveness of the particular method. Hydrolysis is a
chemical reaction in which natural constituents respond with water and break into more diminutive
(and less toxic) compounds. Fundamentally, hydrolysis is a destructive technology in which the
original molecule forms two or more new molecules (EPA, 1993). Hydrolysis could be a viable
treatment technology for agrochemical wastewater. In this study the effectiveness of the alkaline
hydrolysis was estimated by using field data which were taken from the effluent treated plant
(ETF) of agrochemical formulation and repacking industry, and also a bio assay was used to
analyze the effect to the aquatic species from the treatment method.
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Aquaculture and Fisheries, Animal Sciences, Water Chemistry, Water Management