Biological treatment is a very important process for removing

dissolved organics from refinery wastewater.

Biological treatment systems have been used to successfully treat
wastewaters from the coking process, even though these wastewaters
normally contain significant amounts of toxic substances.
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Process in which wastewater is treated with aerobic bacteria to remove or reduce organic
contaminants such as animal and human excreta, ammonia, nitrates, and plant tissue.

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Bioaugmentation-
A technique of bioremediation in which strains of naturalor genetically engineered bacteria with unique m
etabolic profiles are used to treatsewage or contaminated water or soil.

technique used in BIOREMEDIATION to increase theactivity of bacteria that decompose pollutants.