Contents
Part I Wastewater Alone
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Applicability of Vermifiltration for Wastewater Treatment
and Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Bhavini, Kavita Kanaujia, Amber Trivedi, and Subrata Hait
2
Vermifiltration for Rural Wastewater Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Meena Khwairakpam
3
Treatment of Wastewater by Vermifiltration Integrated
with Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Anu Bala Chowdhary, Jahangeer Quadar, Bhaskar Singh,
and Jaswinder Singh
Part II Wastewater Sludge Alone
4
Recycling of Municipal Sludge by Vermicomposting . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Kui Huang, Hui Xia, Fusheng Li, and Sartaj Ahmad Bhat
5
Influence of Distillery Sludge-Based Vermicompost on the
Nutritional Status of Rapanus sativus L. (Radish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Susila Sugumar, Tamilselvi Duraisamy, Selvakumar Muniraj,
Ramarajan Selvam, and Vasanthy Muthunarayanan
Part III Wastewater and Sludge/Solid and Liquid Waste
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Vermitechnology: A Sustainable Approach in the Management
of Solid and Liquid Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Soubam Indrakumar Singh, Deachen Angmo, and Rahil Dutta
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Natural Biological Treatment of Effluent and Sludges to Combat
the Burden of Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Deachen Angmo, Rahil Dutta, Soubam Indra Kumar,
and Angelika Sharma
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