Biodegradation of Sewage Wastewater Using Autochthonous Bacteria

Table 5

Showing the reduction in time thereby reducing the COD mg/L, BOD mg/L, TSS mg/L, and MLSS mg/L by using consortium 13.

Time		COD mg/L	BOD mg/L	TSS mg/L	MLSS mg/L
36 h	Control	196	78	546	425
	Consortium	48	15	200	170
	% degradation	75.5	80.8	63.4	60
24 h	Control	172	68	624	600
	Consortium	40	10	198	225
	% degradation	76.7	85.3	68.3	62.5
20 h	Control	152	62.8	569	525
	Consortium	32	11	185	191
	% degradation	78.9	82.5	67.5	63.6
12 h	Control	150	48	545	700
	Consortium	35	9	181	250
	% degradation	76.7	81.3	66.8	64.3
8 h	Control	168	59.6	600	656
	Consortium	35	9.6	212	230
	% degradation	79.2	83.9	64.7	64.9
4 h	Control	155	55	578	500
	Consortium	32	8	190	162
	% degradation	79.4	85.5	67.1	67.6