Abstracto

Denitrification of the steel plant effluent using moong and tamarind plants

Sruthi Saladula, Padmaja Hanumanthu, Meena Vangalapati

Effluent with nitrates can be treated in a biological method. Impact of nitrates on nature is very high. It causes cancers, blue baby syndrome in infants, thyroid, miscarriages in women, live stock toxicity, also effect the aquatic life in sea when released at uncontrolled measures leading to the death of fishes, marine organisms. Leguminous plants available can easily reduce the nitrate level in the water. This paper explains the use of moong plant and the tamarind plants in treating the nitrates level in the effluent with estimated amount of nitrates taken