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Disposal of effluent from conventional shrimp farms containing high concentration of organic matter and nutrients into different environmental systems can have detrimental impacts on their adjacent ecosystems (e.g. coastal ecosystem ). To minimize the environmental impacts of shrimp farming effluents, recirculating raceway system has recently been introduced, producing high density shrimp yields . Although it is a zero water exchange system, a certain portion of water from the recirculating system needs to be treated or disposed of on regular basis due to an increase in the concentration of nitrate and nitrites owing to the protein enriched diet of shrimps. Hence, an effective approach for the treatment of nitrogen enriched wastewater produced by the recirculating raceway system is needed. Biological wastewater treatment capable of nitrification and denitrification is simple and environmentally friendly approach. In this regard, removal of ammonia and nitrates was assessed in aerobic sequencing batch reactor (SBR), providing almost complete removal of organic impurities (above 99%) as well as of ammonia. On the other hand, anaerobic SBR achieved efficient denitrification and also provided above 99% total nitrogen removal. Notably, the addition of Bacillus consortium in SBR can be helpful to control the growth of shrimp pathogen , Vibrio harveyi in the wastewater. This chapter discusses global shrimp production, biosecurity , recirculating raceway system, and the use of SBR in treating shrimp wastewater.
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Boopathy, R. (2018). Waste Treatment in Recirculating Shrimp Culture Systems. In: Hai, F., Visvanathan, C., Boopathy, R. (eds) Sustainable Aquaculture. Applied Environmental Science and Engineering for a Sustainable Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73257-2_10
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