Sewage
Vertical
Eisenia
fetida
0.008 g/m
3
–
–
Ceramsite
–
–
4.2
510
BOD
5 :
78, COD:
68
NH
4
+
-N: 92
–
Liu et al.
(2013)
Sewage
Vertical
Eisenia
fetida
5000–10000
earthworm/m
2
–
–
Soil (15);
fine gravel
and sand (10.25);
gravel (40)
2
–
–
–
BOD
5 :
98, COD:
70
–
–
Manyuchi
et al.
(2013)
Cheese whey
wastewater
Eisenia
fetida
–
–
–
Coarse compost
(30);
fine compost
(100); stone (15)
7
0.3–3
–
460
BOD: 76;
COD: 82
TN: 60; TP:
77
–
Merlin and
Cottin
(2009)
Synthetic dairy
wastewater
Vertical
Eisenia
fetida
10,000 earthworms/m
3
Canna
indica
–
Vermicompost and
soil (20); sand (20);
fine gravel (20);
coarse gravel (20)
–
–
0.65 70
BOD: 81;
COD: 76
TN: 24–42
–
Samal
et al.
(2017b)
Dairy
wastewater
Vertical
Eisenia
fetida
10,000 earthworms/m
3
Canna
indica
(R
1 ),
Saccharum
spontaneum
(R
2 ),Typha
augustifolia
(R
3 )
H: 90; Dia.: 19.8
Soil and
vermicompost (30);
sand (10); soil (15);
coarse gravel (15)
11
–
0.6
90
BOD
5
(R
1 ):
88, BOD
5
(R
2 ):
80, BOD
5
(R
3 ):
84 COD
(R
1 ):
83, COD
(R
2 ):
76, COD
(R
3 ): 79
TN (R
1 ): 62;
TN (R
2 ): 53;
TN (R
3 ): 56;
TP (R
1 ): 60;
TP (R
2 ): 55;
TP (R
3 ): 58
–
Samal
et al.
(2018b)
60
 18
 30
Garden soil and
vermicompost; laterite soil
10
–
–
Hospital
wastewater
Vertical
Eisenia
fetida
10,000 earthworms/m
3
–
40
 40
 120
Soil and earthworm
bed (30); sand (30);
detritus (30); cobblestone (20)
–
–
1
122
COD: 90;
BOD
5 :
82–90
–
–
Shokouhi
et al.
(2020)
Synthetic
wastewater
Horizontal Eisenia
fetida
10,000 earthworms/m
3
–
80
 20
 20
Garden soil and
compost (64);
dolochar (16)
26.66 3.38 kg.
COD/m
3
.
d
1.8
60
COD: 96 TN: 22;
NH
4
+
-N: 86;
TP: 43;
PO
4
3À
-P: 61
–
Singh et al.
(2019a)
Dairy
wastewater
Vertical
Eisenia
fetida
16,000 earthworms/m
3
–
–
Soil (10); sand and
gravel (20); gravel
(50)
6–10
–
–
–
BOD
5 : 99;
COD:
80–90
–
–
Sinha et al.
(2007)
Sewage
Vertical
Eisenia
fetida
20,000 earthworms/m
3
–
–
Soil (10); sand and
gravel (20), gravel
(50)
1–2
–
–
–
BOD
5 : 98;
COD: 45
–
–
Sinha et al.
(2008)
(continued)