The effect of different carbon sources as an energy source for biological denitrification through Pseudomonas stutzeri and impact on other water quality parameters

Department of Chemistry. University of Rajasthan. Jaipur-302 004, India
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Civil Engineering Department. MNIT. Jaipur, India
Manuscript received 23 September 2004, revised 2 June 2005, accepted 21 July 2005

The results obtained In the present Investigations of NO₃-N In the effluent was found to he lower than the tolerance limit 10 mg/L as NO₃-N prescribed by the WHO. Hence, when glucose was used as a carbon source at C/N ratio of 2.5, the organics started entering In the treated water. The sodium acetate is cheapest than other carbon sources. The present work provides a better alternate source of carbon for in situ denitrification through Pseudomonas stutzeri.