Water/Wastewater Treatment & Resources Recovery Group - WAT3R - UKM

10/05/2026

Get new research book published by our researchers. The topic is about Biocoagulants produced by bacteria for wastwater treatment.

𝐁𝐮𝐤𝐮 𝐁𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐮 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐔𝐊𝐌 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐢 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐥 𝐊𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢 𝐀𝐤𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫

Pengarang: Setyo Budi Kurniawan, Siti Rozaimah Sheikh Abdullah & Hassimi Abu Hasan
Harga: RM 63.00

Buku ini membincangkan isu pencemaran air sisa dalam industri akuakultur yang mengandungi pepejal terampai kaya nutrien dan berpotensi menyebabkan eutrofikasi. Perbincangan meneliti penggunaan teknologi pengentalan dan penggumpalan bagi memisahkan pepejal daripada air sisa. Penulisan turut mengetengahkan biopenggumpal berasaskan bakteria sebagai alternatif mesra alam kepada penggumpal kimia. Pendekatan ini berpotensi menghasilkan pepejal kaya nutrien yang boleh dimanfaatkan sebagai biobaja. Buku ini turut menekankan kepentingan teknologi hijau dalam menyokong kelestarian industri akuakultur.

Jom dapatkan di Kedai Buku Penerbit UKM dan Karya@UKM. Boleh dapatkan juga di platform digital Shopee dan Book Capital.

09/05/2026

Wastewater treatment is evolving with real-time sensors, AI, and advanced filtration. While these technologies improve efficiency and compliance, operator face financial, regulatory, and workforce challenges.

25/04/2026

Treatment of anaerobic palm oil mill effluent using native Scenedesmus sp. UKM9 cultivated in a high-rate algal pond

50 days' free access:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095758202600474X?dgcid=author

22/12/2025

Unveiling the performance and mechanistic insights of hybrid phyto-biofilm reactor for domestic wastewater treatment

Highlights:
• Bioaugmentation of HNAD bacteria enhanced hybrid phyto-biofilm reactor performance.
• Ammonia removal reached 99 % under optimized aeration and retention conditions.
• Aeromonas dominated the microbial community driving ammonia degradation.
• Pollutant removal involved nitrification–denitrification and plant-assisted uptake.

50 days' free access: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221471442502416X?dgcid=coauthor

06/12/2025

Hydrogenophaga-bioaugmented microalgal-bacterial granular sludge for efficient treatment of chloramphenicol-containing wastewater

Highlights
• Hydrogenophaga sp. enhanced the removal efficiency of CAP in the MBGS system.
• MBGS may combat antibiotic stress through specific community succession.
• Hydrogenophaga sp. accelerated the specific community succession in MBGS.

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11/11/2025

Kinetics of iron and aluminum biosorption by native isolated rhizobacteria and their potential for future advancement in bioremediation

Highlights
• Three isolated rhizobacteria can remove Fe and Al from synthetic mining wastewater.
• Biosorption kinetics were evaluated using four adsorption models.
• Fe and Al removal is influenced by a chemical interaction with cell surface active sites.
• Kinetic models and SEM-EDX analysis suggest a probable Fe and Al removal mechanism via adsorption.

50 days' free access: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1m55H7taLYbH9k

04/11/2025

Correlating plant-to-pollutant mass ratio in phytotreating batik industry effluent using Actinoscirpus grossus

Highlights
• High pollutant mass leads to high toxicity towards plants and low removal efficiency.
• Plant-to-pollutant mass ratio (PPR: g plant/g COD) plays an important tool in phytotreatment.
• High plant-to-pollutant mass ratio (PPR) leads to high pollutant removal rate and plant survival.
• Plant survival was high for a PPR of 33 g plant/g COD.
• PPR can be correlated to the scale-up process of phytotreatment.

50 days' free access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wri.2025.100328

14/10/2025

Isolation and identification of rhizobacteria from Ludwigia octovalvis for degradation of polyethylene

Highlights
• The mixture of five rhizobacteria (1–5) degraded polyethylene (PE) with rates of 13.4 % (weight loss) and 14.9 % (HPLC).
• High and stable growth rates of the rhizobacteria mix were observed in the presence of MPs.
• Surface modifications on MPs indicated oxidative degradation by the rhizobacteria.
• The rhizobacteria mix (1–5) shows potential as a bioremediation agent for addressing plastic pollution

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30/09/2025

Aeration influence on synergistic effects of hybrid water hyacinth and moving bed biofilm reactor in polishing low-strength synthetic wastewater

Highlights
• A hybrid water hyacinth (WH)-MBBR system was developed for low-strength synthetic wastewater treatment.
• Performance was evaluated in two phases: without aeration (Phase I) and with aeration (Phase II).
• Phase I achieved up to 88 % NH₃-N removal over 72 h using water hyacinth alone.
• Phase II enhanced treatment, achieving 95–99 % NH₃-N removal and complete COD removal within 28 h.
• The WH-MBBR system offers an effective and sustainable approach to domestic wastewater management.

50 days' free access: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1lpVI4r7Vbc4je

30/09/2025

Efficient nitrogen recovery from domestic wastewater through struvite precipitation: Optimizing process parameters and characterization analysis

Abstract
Recovery of nitrogen from domestic wastewater through struvite precipitation enables the circular economy with revenue generation to treatment plants. Struvite formation factors (pH, magnesium mass, and reagent type) were investigated in the present study. Struvite is formed via a reaction involving NH4+-N, Mg, and P. Magnesium sources (MgCl2, MgSO4, MgO), pH (5–11), and magnesium mass (0.5–1.25 g) were identified using response surface methodology (RSM). The optimal condition was pH 8.53 with 1.13 g MgO, resulting in 97.0 % NH3-N removal and 2.66 g struvite production. The quality of struvite was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), indicating an irregular rod-shaped morphology, 12.2 nm crystalline size, and 98.9 % crystallinity. The findings highlight the necessity to enhance nitrogen recovery efficiency for large-scale wastewater treatment considering the future potential of struvite.

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