<p>Palm oil plantations are one of the commodity crops that have an important role in the economy in Indonesia, namely as an export commodity that generates foreign exchange in addition to oil and gas. The increase in world demand for the palm oil commodity encourages the growth of the palm oil industry so that the estimate of liquid waste also increases. If the liquid waste is disposed of directly into the water without proper management, it will have a negative impact on the surrounding aquatic environment. This study aims to find the best phytoremedian in reducing the pollutants of WWTP II anaerobic ponds in the palm oil mill industry and to get the reduction. Research activities took place from July 2020 to September 2020 in the field and Analysis Laboratory of the Lampung State Polytechnic. This study uses an up-flow system with a stagnant condition and is carried out on a laboratory scale by testing using descriptive methods. The phytoremedian used in this study were water nails (<em>Azolla pinnata</em>) (A1), water spinach (<em>Ipomoea aquatica</em>) (A2), cattail (<em>Typha angustifolia</em>) (A3) and water bamboo (<em>Equisetum hyemale</em>) (A4). The results showed that the best phytoremedian in reducing the observation variable of palm oil mill effluent outlet anaerobic pond II was water spinach (<em>Ipomoea aquatica</em>). Phytoremedian <em>Ipomoea aquatica</em> at the end of the treatment was able to reduce the COD value with a decrease in percentage of 41.29%, increase the pH to 8.57, reduce the TSS value to 124 mg/L, the turbidity value to 21 mg/L, the total N value to 0.021 mg/L, the K value becomes 2.59 mg/L.</p>
By increasing the development of nanotechnology in recent times, there have been many commercial products contain nanomaterials. Type of nanomaterials that most widely used is Titanium dioxide (TiO2). These nanomaterials have been applied in various types of products, such as paints, cosmetics, etc. Unlike organic and inorganic pollutants, study and characterization of metal nanoparticle (NP) contaminants, such as TiO2 NP, have never been done in any part of Indonesia. Therefore, given the greater source of NP contaminants plus their long-term negative effects, it is deemed necessary to identify and characterize them in Indonesia. For the first case, Identification and characterization of TiO2 NP were performed in sludge and wastewater of paint and cosmetic company in the area of West Bandung district. Furthermore, the sludge and surface water of Saguling Reservoir and Cipeusing River were also analysed. Morphological and size analysis using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and particle size analyser (PSA) revealed that most samples have NPs with a sphere shape; however, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) was only able to confirm the presence of titanium (Ti) element in sludge samples. Quantification of Ti (all ascribed to TiO2 NPs) in wastewater and sludge was done by graphite furnace-atomic absorption spectroscopy (GF-AAS) with high precision and accuracy. The results implied that Ti was accumulated higher in the sludge than in the water samples at the same sampling location.
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