Soil, Water and Environmental Sustainability

Waste-Water Microbiology

The focus of water treatment plants is to reduce the BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) and COD (chemical oxygen demand) in the waste to natural waters, meeting state and federal discharge criteria. Waste-water treatment plants are designed to work as "microbiology farms", where bacteria and other microorganisms are victualed oxygen and organic waste. Waste-water is teaming with microbes. Many of which are obligatory for the degradation and stabilization of organic matter. On the other hand, waste-water may additionally contain pathogenic or potentially pathogenic microorganisms, which pose a threat to public health. Waterborne and water-cognate diseases caused by pathogenic microbes are among the most earnest threats to public health today. Fecal pollution is one of the primary contributors to diarrhoea.

Relevant Conferences:

World Congress on Mycotoxins February 27-28, 2017 Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9th International Virology Congress and Expo March 13-15, 2017 London, UK, 10th World Congress on Virology and Mycology May 11-12, 2017 Singapore, International Conference On Microbial Engineering May 29-31, 2017 Beijing, China, Global Pharmaceutical Microbiology Conference June 19-20, 2017 London, UK, International Conference on Fungal Diseases & Control September 25-26, 2017 Dubai, UAE, 7th Annual Congress on Clinical Microbiology September 25-26, 2017 Chicago, USA,   2nd International Conference and Expo on Water Microbiology & Novel Technologies August 28-30, 2017 Philadelphia, USA,