Aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment of extracted chicken manure mixed with cassava dregs for potential use as liquid organic biofertilizer
- Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl. Fauna No. 3 Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
- Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl. Flora No. 1 Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
Received: 2024-01-01
Revised: 2024-05-09
Accepted: 2024-08-17
Published 2024-10-08
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Abstract
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the biological treatment of excreta wastewater to evaluate the effective production of liquid organic biofertilizer (LOB).Method: This research was carried out by the pre-initial mixing process of excreta with cassava dregs, then biological processing with the aeration rate of 4 L/minutes at environmental temperature (28 oC) and pH of 5 for 42 days with two treatments in triplicates: aerobically (T1), and anaerobically (T2) conditions. LOB was analyzed for physical, chemical, and microbiological parameters.Results: We showed that the characteristics of waste solids analysis of LOB were significantly decreased (P<0.05) in both aerobic and anaerobic treatment on the initial day of composting compared to the final day (42 days) by measuring the content of total solid (TS), total volatile solid (TVS), total fixed solid (TFS), and settleable solid (SS). Next, we showed the chemical properties of LOB respectively as follows: total N 6.73 mg/L and 7.31 mg/L; total P 36.27 mg/L and 87.17 mg/L; total K 640.85 mg/L and 674.82 mg/L; total C-organic 65.57 mg/L and 22.48 mg/L; and C/N ratio 10.13 and 3.5. The microbiological quality was evaluated at the end of LOB production by measuring total plate count (TPC) of 182000x105 cfu/ml and 203667x105 cfu/ml; total lactic acid bacteria of 31x105 cfu/ml and 32.67x105 cfu/ml; and there is no coliform growth observed in LOB, respectively.Conclusion: Finally, we concluded that the biological treatment is an important process in composting organic wastewater as a key to managing wastewater in the environment as reuse for liquid organic biofertilizer. The processing of excreta wastewater has managed to remove the total solid pollutants.
Research Highlights
- The use of aerobic treatment improves the available nutrient accumulation (N, P, K, C).
- Decomposition of organic matter in anaerobic treatment influences the low C/N ratio in LOB.
- Processing LOB with aerobic and anaerobic conditions shows a removal of pathogenic bacteria indicating the safety for environmentally friendly.
- Biological treatment in excreta wastewater enhances the liquid organic biofertilizer properties.
- The application of biological wastewater treatments reduces the solids content (TS and TVS) in liquid fertilizers by more than 40%.
Keywords
- Aeration,
- Chicken excreta,
- Fermentation,
- Liquid waste,
- Microorganism,
- Total solid
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