Feb 28, 2019
By: Sadaf Shabbir, Muhammad Faheem, Philip G. Kerr, Naeem Ali, Yonghong Wu
Azo dyes are one of the most widely used class of dyes in different industries. These dyes are generally recalcitrant under natural aquatic and conventional wastewater treatment systems. The study is innovative in demonstrating the role of aquatic biofilm, epilithon, in removal of an azo dye, methyl orange, under varying environmental conditions in a laboratory set up.