Fast paced population growth in urban areas of southern Ontario is putting increased pressure on the surrounding aquatic environment. The City of Guelph uses the Speed River to assimilate its municipal wastewater effluent. With a projected 57% population increase in the watershed by 2031, the assimilative capacity of the river may be challenged in the coming years. The Guelph Wastewater Treatment Plant uses tertiary treatment methods greatly reducing ammonia, suspended solids and phosphate concentrations in the effluent. However there are still impacts detectable related to excessive nutrients released into this relatively small river (6th order) which promotes algae and aquatic macrophyte growth. There is also concern about a variety of emerging contaminants that may enter the river and impact the health of the ecosystem. The research in this thesis examined the seasonal and spatial variability and extent of the impacts of the wastewater effluent on the riffle fish communities in the Speed River. Stable isotope signatures (δ13C and δ15N) were used to understand the changes in the dominant benthic fish species, Rainbow Darters (Etheostoma caeruleum) and Greenside Darters (E. blennioides), relative to changes in invertebrate signatures and their abundance. Rainbow Darters were extremely abundant relative to Greenside Darters at the site immediately downstream of the effluent outfall, particularly in August. The benthic invertebrate community was distinctly different downstream of the effluent outfall, especially in the summer, with a reduced abundance of Elmidae beetle larvae and increased abundance of isopods (Caecidotea intermedius) compared to upstream. δ13C and δ15N of the two darters species were similar at all sites in May and July, but in August and October Rainbow Darter signatures were more enriched in the two heavier isotopes at sites downstream of the effluent outfall. The vast majority of invertebrate taxa sampled were also enriched at the downstream sites. An analysis of Rainbow and Greenside Darter stomach contents revealed that Rainbow Darters incorporated more isopods and other invertebrates in their diet, especially at the immediate downstream sites suggesting that they are more adaptable to the altered downstream environment. The feeding habits of Greenside Darters appear to change between July and August in response to changes in habitat and food availability. They are potentially consuming food organisms with less enriched isotopic signatures, which results in their isotopic signatures not rising during these months like most of the invertebrates and other fish. Alternatively, the Greenside Darters may move across the stream to feed on invertebrates that remain unexposed to the wastewater effluent. These impacts, although subtle, may be a reflection of the Speed River ecosystem being compromised by nutrient inputs from the wastewater effluent. With the impending increase in demand on the treatment plant (e.g., population growth), ongoing treatment and infrastructure improvements may be needed in the future to maintain the current ecosystem structure.

Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2001.

Estrogenic contamination of waterways is of world-wide concern due to the adverse effects observed in aquatic biota. Recently, wastes from agricultural activities have been identified as likely sources of steroid estrogens released into the environment. Wastes from dairying activities are of particular concern in New Zealand. This project included development of analytical methods to measure free and conjugated estrogens, measurement of estrogens from the source to receiving environments and an investigation of effluent treatment technologies. The analytical method developed in this study was based on GC-MS measurement of free estrogens (17α-estradiol (17α-E2), 17β-estradiol (17β-E2) and estrone (E1)) and LC-IT-MS measurement of their sulfate-conjugates (17α-E2-3S, 17β-3S, E1-3S) in raw and treated farm dairy shed effluents (DSE). Effluents from farms in the Canterbury and Waikato Regions, two regions where dairy farming is the dominant land-use, were collected and analysed. All effluents demonstrated high concentrations of steroid estrogens, particularly 17α-E2 (median 760 ng/L). Estrogenic activity was also elevated, at up to 500 ng/L 17β-E2 equivalents using the E-Screen, an in vitro cell proliferation bioassay. Comparison to the chemical data indicated that for most samples, the highest proportion of estrogenic activity was derived from steroid estrogens naturally excreted by dairy cows. Conjugated estrogens were measured in several raw effluent samples, at similar concentrations to those of free estrogens, particularly E1. Dairy effluent treatment systems reduced free estrogen concentrations by 63-99% and reduced estrogenic activity by up to 89%. In spite of high removal efficiencies, estrogens remained elevated in the treated effluents that are discharged into waterways. Steroid estrogens and estrogenic activity were detected in streams and groundwater in areas impacted by dairy farming. Although concentrations were generally low, in two streams the concentrations were above levels regarded as safe for aquatic biota (<1 ng/L). The results demonstrate that dairy effluents are indeed a major source of estrogens to the environment and to waterways.

Odours caused by intensive piggery operations have become a major environmental issue in the piggery industry in Australia. Effluent ponds are the major source of odours in typical piggeries. It is assumed that the odour emissions from ponds are mainly driven by pond loading rate. However, there are few data to corroborate this concept. Allied to this is the need for a convenient and low cost method of odour measurement, which can be used as an alternative method for current olfactometry. The present odour measurement methods using olfactometry is time-consuming, expensive and often impractical because of its fundamental problem of using subjective human panels. In addition, one of the major problems in odour measurement lies in the air sampling method. Wind tunnels have been accepted as a preferred method for the sampling of odour from area sources. However, current wind tunnels do not consider meteorological factors, which directly affect the odour emission rates. A machine-based odour quantification method and a novel wind tunnel were developed and evaluated in this Ph D study. These methods were then used in a demonstration trial to investigate the effects of pond loading rate on odour emissions. The AromaScan A32S electronic nose, and an artificial neural network were used to develop the machine based odour quantification method. The sensor data analysed by the AromaScan were used to train an ANN, to correlate the responses to the actual odour concentration provided by a human olfactometry panel. Preprocessing techniques and different network architectures were evaluated through network simulation to find an optimal artificial neural network model. The simulation results showed that the two-layer back-propagation neural network can be trained to predict piggery odour concentrations correctly with a low mean squared error. The trained ANN was able to predict the odour concentration of nine unknown air samples with a value for the coefficient of correlation, r2 of 0.59. A novel wind tunnel was developed for odour sampling. The USQ wind tunnel was designed to have a capability to control wind speed and airflow rate. The tunnel was evaluated in terms of the aerodynamics of the airflow inside the tunnel, nd the gas recovery efficiency rate, in order to further improve the performance of the wind tunnel. The USQ wind tunnel showed that sample recovery efficiencies ranging from 61.7 to 106.8%, while the average result from the entire trial was 81.1%. The optimal sample recovery efficiency of the tunnel was observed to be 88.9% from statistical analysis. Consequently, it can be suggested that the tunnel will give estimates of the odour emission rate with significant level of precision. However, the tunnel needs to be calibrated to compensate for the error caused by different airflow rates and odour emission rates. In addition, the installation of a perforated baffle upstream of the sampling section was suggested to improve its performance. To investigate the relationship between the pond loading rate and odour emission rate, replicable experimental studies were conducted using a novel experimental facility and the machine based odour quantification method. The experimental facility consisted of reactor vessels to simulate the operation of effluent ponds and the USQ wind tunnel for odour sampling. A strong relationship between organic loading rate (OLR) and physical and chemical parameters was observed except pH and NH3-N. The pH was not affected by OLR due to the buffering capacity of piggery effluent. EC and COD were suggested as indicators to estimate the operating condition of the piggery effluent ponds because the regression results show that these two parameters can be predicted accurately by OLR. The time averaged odour emission rates from the reactor vessels showed a strong relationship with OLR. Consequently, it can be concluded that heavily loaded effluent ponds would produce more odours. The effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) was examined. The HRT was increased from 30 days to 60 days, resulting in a significant decrease in odour emission rates from the reactor vessels. This decrease ranged from 59.1% to 54.9%, with an average of 57.1%. Therefore, it can be concluded that the increasing HRT will decrease the odour emission rate. This trial confirmed the value of the project methodology in obtaining unambiguous data on odour emission processes. However, more data are required for a wider range of OLR, HRT and other pertained variables before a usable model can be formulated.

Thesis (M.S. - Soil, Water and Environmental Science)--University of Arizona. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [64]-69).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-119).

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:30:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-02-24Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T21:01:13Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 santos_aao_dr_jabo.pdf: 2209392 bytes, checksum: cdb73b3532b11ed3f17e593e0bd43838 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / A tese está organizada em cinco capítulos. O capítulo 1 apresenta uma introdução geral, na qual são abordados os impactos ambientais da aquicultura, tratamento de efluentes por wetlands contruídas e análise do ciclo de vida (ACV). Os demais capítulos são referentes a experimentos desenvolvidos no Setor de Carcinicultura do CAUNESP, em Jaboticabal/SP, e no Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique – INRA em Rennes, França. Os principais objetivos destes Capítulos foram: (Capítulo 2) Testar a hipótese da influência da renovação da água e do uso de aeradores no impacto causado pelo crescimento final do camarão-da-amazônia (Macrobrachium amazonicum), através das características limnológicas dos viveiros; (Capítulo 3) Determinar os efeitos da redução do uso da água e do uso de aeradores em processos ecológicos que ocorrem em viveiros de crescimento final do camarão-da-amazônia (M. amazonicum); (Capítulo 4) Determinar a eficiência da macrófita aquática flutuante aguapé (Eichhornia crassipes) no tratamento de efluentes de despesca de viveiros de crescimento final de camarão-da-amazônia (M. amazonicum) e (Capítulo 5) Avaliar o desempenho ambiental de dois sistemas de cultivo de camarões de água doce no Brasil, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (espécie exótica) e Macrobrachium amazonicum (espécie nativa), por meio da comparação do uso das boas práticas de manejo, utilizando a metodologia da análise do ciclo de vida (ACV). Os resultados do (Capítulo 2) permitem concluir que não serão necessários a renovação de água e uso de aeração suplementar nesta densidade de cultivo para o camarão-da-amazônia em sistema semi-intensivo. No (Capítulo 3), conclui-se que ocorreu diferença significativa mais expressiva em escala temporal que entre os tratamentos... / The thesis is organized in five chapters. Chapter 1 gives a general introduction, which outlines the environmental impacts of aquaculture effluent treatment by constructed wetlands and life cycle assessment (LCA). The remaining chapters are for experiments carried out in the Crustacean Sector of CAUNESP, Jaboticabal / SP, and the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - INRA in Rennes, France. The main objectives of these chapters are: (Chapter 2) Test the hypothesis of the influence of water renewal and the use of aerators on the impact of grown-out Amazon river prawn (Macrobrachium amazonicum) on limnological characteristics of ponds; (Chapter 3) Determine the effects of reduced water use and the use of aerators on ecological processes that occur in ponds of the grown-out Amazon river prawn (M. amazonicum); (Chapter 4) Determine the efficiency of floating aquatic macrophyte water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in the effluent treatment harvesting grown-out Amazon river prawn (M. amazonicum) and (Chapter 5) Assess the environmental performance of two systems of tropical farms of freshwater prawns, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (exotic species) and Macrobrachium amazonicum (native species), by comparing the use of best management practices to the standard procedure, using the methodology of life cycle assessment (LCA). The results (Chapter 2) will not allow the conclusion that the necessary renewal of water and the use of supplemental aeration for this density of Amazon river prawns in semi-intensive systems. In (Chapter 3), it is concluded that the difference in temporal scale is more significant than among the treatments used, and that the environmental variables are most influential in this culture system. (Chapter 4) concludes that wetlands with retention time... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a aplicação da eletrodiálise reversa no tratamento de efluente final de refinaria para reuso em sistema de resfriamento. O estudo foi conduzido nas instalações da Refinaria Gabriel Passos (REGAP)- MG, com efluente real, proveniente da saída da Estação de Tratamento de Despejos Industriais (E.T.D.I.), e utilizando para os testes uma unidade-piloto de eletrodiálise reversa com capacidade de tratamento de 2 m3/h. A utilização do processo de dessalinização por EDR teve o objetivo de reduzir sólidos totais dissolvidos no efluente de aproximadamente 1.240 mg/L para 310 mg/L, o que equivale a cloretos de 460 mg/L e 100 mg/L respectivamente, para atingir a qualidade requerida para água de make-up da torre de resfriamento da REGAP. Inicialmente foi feita uma avaliação comparativa com o processo de osmose inversa, no qual foi constatada, com o uso da EDR, a maior continuidade operacional, menores problemas de incrustação e menor exigência para o pré-tratamento do efluente. No estudo com a EDR foram realizados testes variando-se a vazão, de 600 a 2000 L/h de produto; voltagem de 200 a 370V e número de estágios. Durante os testes foi realizado o monitoramento operacional e analítico da água de alimentação da EDR, do produto (solução diluída) e do rejeito (concentrado salino), sendo os dados avaliados e correlacionados para determinação da densidade de corrente, taxa hidráulica, eficiência e taxa de remoção de sais. A análise da formação de incrustações e deposições na superfície das membranas levou ao estabelecimento de um procedimento de limpeza química. O estudo foi conduzido de forma a obter a otimização da operação com rendimento necessário na remoção de sólidos dissolvidos, menor custo energético e de manutenção. Após os testes foi selecionada a condição otimizada da unidade piloto: módulo em 2 estágios, vazão de 1,1 m3/h e voltagem de 275V. Para este condição o consumo energético foi de 1,95 KWh/m3 de efluente tratado. Os resultados mostraram a viabilidade técnica-econômica do uso da EDR para remoção de sais de efluente final de refinaria para aplicação em reposição de sistemas de resfriamento. / This study aimed the evaluation of the application of electrodialysis reversal in final effluent treatment targeting the reuse in cooling towers. The study was done in Gabriel Passos Refinery (REGAP) - MG, with real effluent, from the Industrial Effluent Treatment Station (ETDI), and was held in a pilot plant of electrodialysis reversal with a treatment capacity of 2 m3 / h. The use of the desalination process with EDR target the reduction of total dissolved solids in the effluent of about 1.240 mg / L to 310 mg / L, equivalent to chlorides of 460 mg / L and 100 mg / L respectively, to reach the required quality of make-up water in the REGAP cooling tower. It was originally done a comparative evaluation with reverse osmosis process, another method of membrane desalination. Electrodialysis was selected because of its operating stability, less problems with scaling and fouling, dispensing the use of conditioning chemicals, and the requirement of a simpler pre- treatment The tests with EDR were carried out ranging the product flux for 600 to 2.000 L/h, the voltage for 200 to 370V and the number of hydraulic stages. During the tests were analyzed operational and analytical data in the EDR feed, product (diluted solution) and reject (concentrated solution), being the parameters analyzed and correlated to determine the current density, hydraulic rate, efficiency and salts removal rate. The analysis of fouling and deposition formation on the membranes surface led to an establishment of a chemical cleaning procedure. This study was conducted in order to obtain the operational optimizing with the necessary income to remove dissolved solids, with lower energy cost and maintenance. After the tests was selected the optimum condition for the pilot plant: stack in 2 stages, flow rate of 1.1 m3/h and voltage of 275V. In this condition the power consumption was 1.95 KWh/m3 of treated effluent. The results showed the technical and economic feasibility for the EDR in removing salts from refinery effluents for reuse in make up of cooling systems.

A indústria curtumeira gera quantidades significativas de efluentes com altos níveis de nitrogênio. Este trabalho tem como objetivos avaliar os fatores que contribuem para os altos teores de nitrogênio nos efluentes de curtume, entre eles, os produtos químicos utilizados no processamento do couro, as etapas que mais influenciam nestes teores, a influência do tempo e quantificar o total de nitrogênio liberado em cada etapa por quilograma de pele processada. Os testes foram realizados em peles salgadas e testadas duas formulações distintas, coletando-se amostras dos banhos no final de cada etapa, a fim de avaliar as quantidades de nitrogênio individualmente nestes efluentes. Posteriormente, foram analisadas as etapas considerando a influência do tempo na liberação de nitrogênio processando-se separadamente pedaços de peles salgadas, com apenas uma das formulações e deixando cada etapa por, pelo menos, 24 horas com coletas de banho ao longo do processo. Os métodos utilizados para se determinar os teores de nitrogênio nos banhos residuais foram Nitrogênio Total Kjeldahl (NTK), Nitrogênio Amoniacal (N-NH3), Carbono Orgânico Total (TOC) e Proteína Solúvel. Informações técnicas dos produtos químicos indicam que alguns deles têm nitrogênio em suas composições. Com base nisso, fizeram-se ensaios de NTK nos produtos que poderiam conter nitrogênio. Os resultados detectaram nitrogênio nas amostras desses produtos analisados, porém não em quantidades muito significativas. A partir dos resultados dos experimentos de processamento das peles foram calculadas as quantidades de nitrogênio, carbono e proteínas totais solúveis geradas por quilograma de pele processada. Para este cálculo, foram utilizados os resultados obtidos de NTK, TOC e proteínas totais solúveis, os volumes de banhos de cada etapa e a massa inicial da pele que estava sendo processada. Os resultados de liberação de nitrogênio por quilograma de pele processada (5,07 g/kg pele processada da Formulação Ribeira/Curtimento 1 e 5,51 g/kg de pele processada para a Formulação Ribeira modifica/Curtimento/Recurtimento 2) mostraram que as duas formulações liberam, aproximadamente, a mesma quantidade de nitrogênio por quilograma de pele processada. Comparando-se os resultados de NTK e N-NH3, verificou-se que grande parte do nitrogênio liberado nos banhos é de origem orgânica, ou seja, proveniente das peles, mostrando que devem ser feitos estudos mais profundos a fim de se gerar menores quantidades destes nos efluentes. Tratamentos adequados devem ser adotados nas estações de tratamento de efluentes, prevendo nitrificação e desnitrificação, a fim de depurar os altos índices deste nutriente nos efluentes finais antes de serem lançados nos corpos receptores. / The tannery industry generates significant amounts of effluent with high nitrogen levels. This work aims to evaluate the factors that contribute for high nitrogen contents in the effluent of tannery, among them, the used chemical products in the processing of leather, the main stages that influence in these contents, the influence of the time and to quantify the total residual nitrogen in each stage of the process for kilogram of processed hide. The tests had been carried out whit salted hides and two formularizations distinct were tested, collecting samples of residual water by the end of each stage, in order to evaluate the individual amounts of nitrogen in these effluents. Subsequently, steps were analyzed considering the influence of time on the release of nitrogen processing separately pieces of salted hides, with the usual formulation and leaving each stage for at least 24 hours for collecting samples of the waste water throughout the process. The methods used to analyze the levels of residual nitrogen in wastewater were Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN), Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3-N), Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Soluble Protein. Technical information of chemicals products indicate that some of them have nitrogen in their compositions. On this basis, there have been trials to determine TKN in the products that could contain nitrogen. The results detected nitrogen in the analyzed samples of these products, but not in significant levels. From the results of the experiments the amounts of nitrogen, carbon and total soluble protein produced per kilogram of processed hide were calculated. For this calculation, were used the results of TKN, TOC, and total soluble protein, the volumes of each step of baths and the initial mass of hide. The results of release of nitrogen per kilogram of hide (5.07 g/kg of processed hide with the Formulation Beamhouse/Tanning 1 and 5.51 g/kg of processed hide with the modified Formulation Beamhouse/Tanning/Retanning 2) showed that both release approximately the same amount of nitrogen. Comparing the results of NTK and NH3-N, it was found that most of the nitrogen is released to the wastewater has organic origin, in other words, from the hide, demonstrating that further study must be made in order to generate lower quantities in these effluents. Appropriate treatment should be adopted in effluent treatment plants, providing nitrification and denitrification, in order to debug the high levels of this nutrient in the final effluent before being discharged in receiving waters.

Os efluentes líquidos de curtumes apresentam altas cargas orgânicas e de poluentes que devem ser tratados corretamente para atingir os padrões legais para seu descarte, evitando a eutrofização de corpos hídricos e poluição das águas. O acabamento do couro é o estágio final da produção, onde o couro recebe as características desejadas de acordo com os produtos e artigos que serão produzidos. Os efluentes das etapas de processamento para acabamento do couro são responsáveis por conterem poluentes químicos devido ao uso de corantes, surfactantes, metais tóxicos, agentes emulsificantes, recurtentes, óleos, pigmentos, resinas, entre outros produtos químicos adicionados. As microalgas têm sido alvo de vários estudos no âmbito de tratamento de efluentes, devido à sua capacidade de remover diversos nutrientes, matéria orgânica do meio e por serem formas mais limpas e econômicas de tratar os poluentes. Diante disto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o emprego de um consórcio de microalgas para tratamento de efluentes de um curtume e analisar a capacidade de remoção de poluentes que são nutrientes para estes microrganismos. Os efluentes foram caracterizados ao longo dos ensaios com o consórcio de microalgas por meio de Nitrogênio Total (NT), Amônia (NH3), Fósforo (P-PO4), Carbono total (CT), Carbono Orgânico Total (COT), Carbono inorgânico (CI), DQO e Demanda Biológica de Oxigênio (DBO) e foi acompanhado o crescimento das microalgas. Para os experimentos foram coletados efluentes em três estágios distintos em uma estação de tratamento: efluente bruto (B), efluente após tratamento primário de coagulação/floculação (P) e efluente após ao tratamento biológico secundário (S). Os resultados com concentração de efluente de 50%, diluídos em água destilada (A), após 16 dias de cultivo, mostraram que houve crescimento do consórcio nos três efluentes com um crescimento máximo de 1,77 g L-1 no efluente Bruto (50B50A). Na sequência, foi testado o cultivo em efluente bruto (100B) e em efluentes compostos nas seguintes proporções: 50% efluente bruto + 50% efluente após tratamento biológico (50B50S) e 25% efluente bruto + 75% efluente após tratamento biológico (25B75S). Foi possível cultivar o consórcio no efluente bruto sem diluição, entretanto os resultados foram ruins, pois o mesmo apresentou baixo crescimento e, consequentemente, baixos níveis de remoção de nutrientes. Com o efluente composto 25B75S percebeu-se morte rápida das microalgas, uma vez que o efluente apresentava baixas concentrações de nutrientes. Em contrapartida, no efluente 50B50S foram atingidos valores efetivos de crescimento e remoção de nutrientes. Em cultivos fotoautotrófico, mixotrófico e heterotrófico de efluente composto 50B50S e de 75% efluente bruto + 25% efluente após tratamento biológico (75B25S), os melhores resultados foram atingidos no efluente 75B25S no cultivo fotoautotrófico, crescendo até 1,42 g L-1 e atingindo valores de remoção de NNH3, Nitrogênio Total (NT), DQO, carbono orgânico total (TOC) e demanda biológica de oxigênio (DBO5), de 99,90%, 74,89%, 56,70%, 58,18% e 20,68%, respectivamente. Ao obter a microalga isolada Tetraselmis sp. predominante no consórcio foi analisado os parâmetros anteriores em cultivo fotoautotrófico, além disso foi verificada a quantidade de lipídio presente na biomassa. A microalga Tetraselmis sp. apresentou um crescimento notório no cultivo fotoautotrófico com remoções eficientes dos parâmetros e 5,0% de lipídio no peso seco. / Liquid effluents from tanneries present high organic and pollutant loads and must be treated correctly to meet the legal standards for effluent disposal and to avoid eutrophication of water bodies and water pollution. The leather finish is the final stage of production, where the leather receives the desired characteristics according to leather goods and articles. The effluents from the processing steps for leather finishing are responsible for containing chemical pollutants due to the use of dyes, surfactants, toxic metals, emulsifying agents, retanning agents, oils, pigments, resins, among other chemicals added. Microalgae have been the subject of several studies in the field of effluent treatment due to their ability to remove various nutrients, organic matter from the environment and to be cleaner and more economical ways to treat pollutants. In this work, the growth of a microalgae consortium for the treatment of effluents from a tannery was analyzed and the capacity of removal of Total Nitrogen (NT), Ammonia (NH3), Phosphorus (P-PO4), Total Carbon ), Total Organic Carbon (COD), COD and Biological Oxygen Demand (DBO), as well as the growth of microalgae biomass in these effluents. The effluents were characterized before and after the trials with the microalgae consortium. Effluents were collected in three distinct stages at a treatment plant: crude effluent (B), effluent after primary coagulation / flocculation (P) treatment and effluent after secondary biological treatment (S). The results with 50% effluent concentration, diluted in distilled water (A) after 16 days of cultivation, showed that there was a consortium growth in the three effluents with a maximum growth of 1.77 g L-1 in the crude effluent (50P50A). (50B50S) and 25% crude effluent + 75% effluent after biological treatment (25B75S) were tested in the following proportions: 50% crude effluent + 50% effluent after biological treatment (50B50S). It was not possible to cultivate the consortium in pure crude effluent, since it presented low growth and, consequently, low levels of nutrient removal. With the compound effluent 25B75S it was observed rapid death of the microalgae, since the effluent presented low concentrations of nutrients. On the other hand, in the effluent 50B50S, effective values of growth and nutrient removal were achieved. In photoautotrophic, mixotrophic and heterotrophic cultures of 50B50S effluent and 75% crude effluent + 25% effluent after biological treatment (75B25S), the best results were reached in the effluent 75B25S in photoautotrophic cultivation, growing up to 1.42 g L-1 and reaching values of removal of N-NH3, total nitrogen (NT), (DQO), total organic carbon (COT) and biological oxygen demand (DBO), of 99.90%, 74.89%, 56.70%, 58.18% and 20.68%, respectively. By obtaining the isolated microalgae Tetraselmis sp., predominant in the consortium and analyzed and the previous parameters in photoautotrophic cultivation, in addition to being verified the amount of lipid present in the biomass. The microalgae Tetraselmis sp. showed a notable growth in photoautotrophic cultivation with efficient removal of the parameters and 5.0% of lipid in dry weight.