Application of effective microorganisms in treatment of wastewater of beet sugar factory at bilqas, dakahlia governorate, egypt

Effective microorganisms (EM) have shown great promise in wastewater treatment. Application of EM technology has been attempted for treatment of industrial wastewater resulted from the Factory of Beet Sugar at Bilqas, Dakahliya Governorate. The results of the present study indicate that Effective microorganisms improve water quality by decreasing; chemical oxygen demand (COD), biological oxygen demand (BOD), nitrates and phosphates, and increasing the total dissolved solids (TDS) with odor control. This improvement has a great environmental and economic impacts. Furthermore, the treated wastewater can be drained in the agricultural drainage system and/or reused in irrigation without any environmental problems