Research Article
In-situ Biological Water Treatment Technologies for Environmental Remediation: A Review
| Mohamed Ateia1, Chihiro Yoshimura1 and Mahmoud Nasr2* | |
| 1Department of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-M1-4 Ookayama, Tokyo 152-8552 Japan | |
| 2Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, PO Box 21544, Alexandria, Egypt | |
| Corresponding Author : | Mahmoud Nasr Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Alexandria University, PO Box 21544, Alexandria, Egypt E-mail: mahmmoudsaid@gmail.com |
| Received March 18, 2016; Accepted April 07, 2016; Published April 11, 2016 | |
| Citation: Ateia M, Yoshimura C, Nasr M (2016) In-situ Biological Water Treatment Technologies for Environmental Remediation: A Review. J Bioremed Biodeg 7:348. doi:10.4172/2155-6199.1000348 | |
| Copyright: © 2016 Ateia M, et al. This is an open-a ccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Water treatment technologies can be classified as in-situ or ex-situ technologies. In-situ biological techniques include the use of aquatic plants, aquatic animals, and microbial remediation. Approaches to alleviate surface water pollution should use bioremediation methods as a primary technique. These methods should be tested not only on rivers and lakes, but also on other polluted surface streams. Furthermore, bioremediation processes need to be optimized depending on flow condition and nutrient availability. This paper comprehensively reviews the latest surface water remediation techniques that are suitable for in-situ applications, focusing on bioremediation technologies as effective techniques to remedy polluted water.
