Evaluation of the Biosolid Biotransformation Process Procedures of the Tunja Residual Water Treatment Plant - Boyacá, Through Compostation with Addition of Beetle Larvae

EasyChair Preprint 3710

Abstract

The treatment of wastewater, allows to reduce the contaminants that the water acquires when being used in different domestic and industrial processes. Within some of its processes, sludges are obtained, which represent a risk to the human and biotic health of the environment, as they contain a large number of pathogenic microorganisms. The constant increase in the world population in turn generates an increase in the production of Biosólidos, which implies finding suitable alternatives for its final disposal, if this by-product is disposed directly in the soil without prior treatment, it can transport pathogens due to the effects of runoff causing high levels of risk. Composting is an alternative in the treatment of Biosólidos, since it allows the stabilization of physicochemical and microbiological parameters. The addition of beetle larvae contributes to the reduction of microorganisms present in the by-product. The monitoring of the behavior of the parameters in the composting and biotransformation stages, allows to determine the optimal conditions for the process, obtaining a material that can be classified according to the minimum ranges established by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America and the Ministry of Housing, City and Territory of Colombia.

Keyphrases: Beetle Larvae, Biotransformation, Composting, biosolids, sludge, wastewater treatment plant

@booklet{EasyChair:3710,
  author    = {Brigid Hiomara Pacheco Garcia and Pedro Mauricio Acosta Castellanos and Luz Angela Cuellar Rodriguez and Claudia Rocio Suarez Castillo},
  title     = {Evaluation of the Biosolid Biotransformation Process Procedures of the Tunja Residual Water Treatment Plant - Boyacá, Through Compostation with Addition of Beetle Larvae},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 3710},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}