Research on the topic- Use of microbes in pollution control and explain in detail how microbes can help in solving various environmental problems.
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Explanation:
Can the problem of water pollution be checked by letting loose sewage-eating microbes?
The answer is yes and the technology that offers this hope—bioremediation—doesn’t cost the earth.
Indeed, authorities in India are batting for this technology, both to clean drains and to check pollution in the river Ganga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project.
The technology has been successfully demonstrated in pilot projects by the Central Pollution Control Board. And the National Mission for Clean Ganga is now in the process of using bioremediation for cleaning up some parts of the river.
Internationally, the technology has been used in several countries.
In simple terms, bioremediation is a system of sewage treatment where microbes are used to degrade flowing sewage into carbon dioxide and water. The process also reduces the stench from raw sewage.
The microbes simply eat up contaminants such as oil and organic matter (e.g., waste food), convert them and then let off carbon dioxide and water. The process uses naturally occurring bacteria, fungi or plants to degrade substances that are hazardous to human health or the environment.
Bioremediation technology includes phytoremediation (plants) and rhizoremediation (plant and microbe interaction). At present, the process is used to check contamination in soil, groundwater and surface water. The system does not require construction or any major modification of drains or diversion of flow. It takes place in open drains without displacement of sewage. The process also does not require any additional land or power, making it a simple and easy system.