This research was conducted by a team from Undip Environmental Engineering consisting of three people, namely Dr. -Ing.Sudarno, S.T., M.sc.as chairman, Nurandani Hardyanti, S.T., M.T as a research member and Masni Friska Juniati Sipayung as a student member. The research was conducted entitled Stability of Reaktir Performance in Setting Aside COD and Ammonium in Domestic Waste contaminated with Pharmaceutical Residue.
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One of the chemical parameters of water quality is ammonium which is harmful to humans and the environment. One technology that can be used to set aside ammonium in wastewater is batch reactor. However, the absence of pharmaceutical residues or Pharmaseutical Compounds (PCs) that are residual pharmaceutical products that are not processed perfectly by the human body can inhibit the allowance of COD and ammonium.
Sudarno and the team conducted research using experimental methods using laboratory-scale reactors. Then carried out the seeding and acclimatization process for seven days with anaerobic batch reactor. This is done so that bacteria get used to the waste conditions used. Wastewater is incuged using a pump into the reactor using a hose inserted from above and then flowed to the bottom of the reactor so that there is contact between wastewater and bacteria.
The reactor is operated intermittently continuously with variations in the concentration of pharmaceutical polluters. Wastewater was then tested for COD, ammonium, nitrites and nitrates. The collected data is analyzed with a quantitative approach and analyzed is the efficiency value of COD and ammonium allowance.