Abstract
Publisher Summary This chapter describes biotreatment of water pollutants from the petroleum industry. Water has been considered as one of the main raw materials of the petroleum industry, and its treatment and reuse with advanced treatment technology is being developed. Biological processes are a cost-effective technology for the removal of organic, sulfur and nitrogen compounds from wastewaters. Anaerobic processes are one of the most viable alternatives for the treatment of complex effluents such as those produced in the petroleum industry. The chapter presents some of the recent developments in biological wastewater treatment technology with application to the petroleum industry and discusses anaerobic biodegradation of aromatic compounds such as phenol, alkylphenols, and terephthalate. The chapter also discusses the biotransformation of S- and N-bearing inorganic compounds and methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) biodegradation. MTBE is a high recalcitrant compound and a potential water contaminant that only in few cases can be treated with technology originally developed for biological wastewater treatment.
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