Microbial degradation of batik waste water treatment in Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract The existence of the batik industry is economically enough to provide a great livelihood for the community. The increasing demand of batik by the community has an impact on the growth of the batik industries in various regions in Indonesia. However, this industrial activity has a negative impact in production of liquid waste disposal. In batik production process, the liquid waste was produced by more than 95% which is emitted from process of soaking, heating and rinsing. Liquid waste has the potential to cause environmental pollution and affect the condition of living organism, including humans. One of efforts to reduce pollutants in batik waste water is by using biodegradation. Biodegradation is usually carried out by a consortium of a number of microbes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of microbes for batik waste water degradation. Samples were taken from water and sludge contaminated batik waste water in the sewerage and river at Banyumas. Isolation and purification using the dilution planting method were conducted, to obtain pure culture using the pour plate technique, and maintenance of bacteria using streak culture. About 8 genus of microbes found in water bodies that have been contaminated by batik waste water are Mesophilobacter, Methylococcus, Agrobaacterium, Neisseria, Xantobacter, Deinococcus, Sporosarcina, and Bacillus. The result showed that BOD degradation in batik waste water by microbial consortium was about 85.71%. Regarding on the result, it can be concluded that bacteria found in the sewerage and river were able to degrade pollutant from batik wastewater.