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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Aerobic Degradation Process in Palm Oil Mill— Issues, Challenges and Upsurging Its Efficiency through Bioremediation

  AUTHORS: Ili Bazilah Abd Razak, Nor Hidayah Bohari, Elya Masya Mohd Fishal, Nurul Lina Mohamad, Muhamad Nurfikri Azmi, Muhammad Firdaus Fahmi Mohd Razali, Hamdan Ibrahim

  KEYWORDS: Aerobic, Anaerobic, Bioremediation, Biological Oxygen Demand, Palm Oil Mill Effluent

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Vol.14 No.7, July 20, 2022

  ABSTRACT: Palm oil mill effluent (POME) is liquid waste produced from palm oil extraction process. Discharging it to the river without treatment is violation according to Malaysia Environment of Quality Act (EQA) 1974. In Malaysia, ponding system is a conventional treatment method for POME due to its economical and simple process. The treatment process mainly involves two main treatment phases; anaerobic and aerobic degradation. Anaerobic degradation has a proven track record in reducing pollutant properties in POME up to 85%. The real challenge is to increase the efficiency of aerobic process as the biological oxygen demand (BOD) discharge limit has been further reduced from 100 mg·L-1 to less than 20 mg·L-1. One of economical and feasible approach to increase the efficiency of aerobic phase is via bioremediation. This paper describes the limitation of aerobic degradation in ponding system, besides discussed on the important aspects that need to be optimized for a success implementation of bioremediation and its challenges.