Earthworm Assisted Remediation of Effluents and Wastes

This book provides updated and comprehensive information on the effective functioning of earthworms used alone or in combination with other biological systems/microbes, as well as factors affecting the process and performance of vermiremediation under a range of conditions. It also compares earthworm assisted vermifiltration with other conventional biochemical methods. Presenting cutting-edge research on the earthworm assisted remediation of industrial and municipal effluents and sludges, along with its role in solid waste management (SWM), the book will benefit readers from the research community and industrial sector alike, familiarizing them with the latest remediation techniques for wastewater and different types of solid waste. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Applicability of Vermifiltration for Wastewater Treatment and Recycling ( Bhavini, Kavita Kanaujia, Amber Trivedi, Subrata Hait)....Pages 3-17 Vermifiltration for Rural Wastewater Treatment (Meena Khwairakpam)....Pages 19-34 Treatment of Wastewater by Vermifiltration Integrated with Plants (Anu Bala Chowdhary, Jahangeer Quadar, Bhaskar Singh, Jaswinder Singh)....Pages 35-51 Front Matter ....Pages 53-53 Recycling of Municipal Sludge by Vermicomposting (Kui Huang, Hui Xia, Fusheng Li, Sartaj Ahmad Bhat)....Pages 55-67 Influence of Distillery Sludge-Based Vermicompost on the Nutritional Status of Rapanus sativus L. (Radish) (Susila Sugumar, Tamilselvi Duraisamy, Selvakumar Muniraj, Ramarajan Selvam, Vasanthy Muthunarayanan)....Pages 69-83 Front Matter ....Pages 85-85 Vermitechnology: A Sustainable Approach in the Management of Solid and Liquid Waste (Soubam Indrakumar Singh, Deachen Angmo, Rahil Dutta)....Pages 87-105 Natural Biological Treatment of Effluent and Sludges to Combat the Burden of Waste (Deachen Angmo, Rahil Dutta, Soubam Indra Kumar, Angelika Sharma)....Pages 107-122 Front Matter ....Pages 123-123 Vermicomposts Are Biologically Different: Microbial and Functional Diversity of Green Vermicomposts (María Gómez-Brandón, Manuel Aira, Jorge Domínguez)....Pages 125-140 Vermicomposting Treatment of Fruit and Vegetable Waste and the Effect of the Addition of Excess Activated Sludge (Wenjiao Li, Sartaj Ahmad Bhat, Yongfen Wei, Fusheng Li)....Pages 141-159 Eco-management of Industrial Organic Wastes Through the Modified Innovative Vermicomposting Process: A Sustainable Approach in Tropical Countries (Ram Kumar Ganguly, Susanta Kumar Chakraborty)....Pages 161-177 Growth and Reproductive Biology of Earthworms in Organic Waste Breakdown Under the Indian Condition (Priyasankar Chaudhuri, Susmita Debnath)....Pages 179-193 Vermicomposting of Parthenium hysterophorus L.: A Solution to Weed Menace in Terrestrial Ecosystem (Deepshikha Sharma, Anu Bala Chowdhary)....Pages 195-207 Evaluating Method of Mica Waste Application in Earthworm Cast-Treated Soil for Enhancing Potassium Availability to the Plants with Reference to Tea (Prabhat Pramanik, Chayanika Kalita, Pallabi Kalita, Anup Jyoti Goswami)....Pages 209-225 PGPR and Earthworm-Assisted Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals (Pooja Sharma, Palak Bakshi, Jaspreet Kour, Arun Dev Singh, Shalini Dhiman, Pardeep Kumar et al.)....Pages 227-245 Waste Management Practices and Their Impact on Earthworms (Harsimran Kaur, Puttaganti Vijaya, Suman Sharma)....Pages 247-267 Toxicity and Histopathological Effect of Distillery Industrial Sludge on the Earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae (Susila Sugumar, Selvakumar Muniraj, Tamilselvi Duraisamy, Ramarajan Selvam, Vasanthy Muthunarayanan)....Pages 269-279 Earthworm-Assisted Amelioration of Thermal Ash (Bhawana Sohal, Adarsh Pal Vig)....Pages 281-295 Front Matter ....Pages 297-297 Some Perspectives on Vermicompost Utilization in Organic Agriculture (Hupenyu A. Mupambwa, Balasuramani Ravindran, Ernest Dube, Noxolo S. Lukashe, Asteria A. N. Katakula, Pearson N. S. Mnkeni)....Pages 299-331 Earthworm Communities and Soil Structural Properties (Sharanpreet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Adarsh Pal Vig, Falwinder Verma, Surindra Suthar)....Pages 333-350 Effect of Methyl Parathion on the Growth and Reproduction of Eisenia fetida in Natural Soil (Ankurita Nath, Subrata Hait)....Pages 351-363