Research Initiatives to Minimize the
Alteration of Aquatic Ecosystem

Protect and Restore Ecosystem: Sewage Treatment Plant & further irrigation at LPU

LPU boasts a state-of-the-art sewage treatment system that adheres to stringent government regulations. This advanced system includes a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) with an impressive capacity of 5 MLD (50 lakh liters), which efficiently processes wastewater from dormitories, offices, and other facilities. The treated water is then repurposed for horticulture and agricultural use, while the resulting sludge is utilized as organic fertilizer for gardens. Additionally, a smaller STP with a 10 KLD (10,000 liters) capacity is available at the Main University Playgrounds for handling wastewater from sports fields. The water quality is rigorously monitored by government-approved labs in accordance with the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1974. Authorized by the Punjab Pollution Control Board, the treated water is deemed safe for irrigation and crop cultivation, ensuring it does not harm existing aquatic ecosystem and its biodiversity or contribute to pollution and eutrophication issues.
Guidelines on Water Use and its Discharge in Campus: Click here
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Research initiatives to minimize physical, chemical and/or biological alterations of related aquatic ecosystems:
Lovely Professional University, has initiated a comprehensive and progressive research agenda aimed at addressing critical environmental challenges related to wastewater treatment, microplastics, municipal wastewater and sludge treatment, species invasion, and the growing concern of micro- and nano-plastic pollution in industrial wastewater. The following are research publications initiatives to minimize or prevent damage to aquatic ecosystems.

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Author Detail
1 Chaurasia, Preeti, and Sanjeev Kumar. "Treatment, Recycling, and Reuse of Wastewater from Tannery Industry: Recent Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities." Omics Insights in Environmental Bioremediation (2022): 317-337.
2 Vyas, Pratibha, Sandeep Sharma, and Jeena Gupta. "Vermicomposting with microbial amendment: implications for bioremediation of industrial and agricultural waste." BioTechnologia 103.2 (2022): 203.
3 Das, Sujata, Shalini Singh, and Shashank Garg. "Agri‐residual waste, wheat bran as a biosorbent for mitigation of dye pollution in industrial wastewaters." Journal of Basic Microbiology 62.3-4 (2022): 465-479.
4 Singh, Simranjeet, et al. "Competence of nanoparticles for removal of pesticides from wastewater: an overview." Pesticides Remediation Technologies from Water and Wastewater (2022): 253-266.
5 Koul, Bhupendra, Komal Sharma, and Maulin P. Shah. "Phycoremediation: A sustainable alternative in wastewater treatment (WWT) regime." Environmental Technology & Innovation 25 (2022): 102040.
6 Singh, Simranjeet, et al. "Integrated technologies for wastewater treatment." Integrated Environmental Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Sustainable Development. Elsevier, 2022. 433-457.
7 Chawla, Priyanka, et al. "Water quality prediction of salton sea using machine learning and big data techniques." International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry (2021): 1-24.
8 Jhariya, Manoj Kumar, et al. "Species invasion and ecological risk." Natural resources conservation and advances for sustainability. Elsevier, 2022. 503-531.
9 Koul, Bhupendra, et al. "Insights into the domestic wastewater treatment (DWWT) regimes: a review." Water 14.21 (2022): 3542.
10 Singh, Simranjeet, et al. "Micro (nano) plastics in wastewater: A critical review on toxicity risk assessment, behaviour, environmental impact and challenges." Chemosphere 290 (2022): 133169.
11 Bergmann, Melanie, et al. "Plastic pollution in the Arctic." Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 3.5 (2022): 323-337.
12 Bhatia, Anubhuti, et al. "Current and Future Prospective of Lignin Derived Materials for the Removal of Toxic Dyes from Wastewater." Analytical Chemistry Letters 11.5 (2021): 635-660.
13 Manzoor, Shaista, et al. "Plastic material degradation and formation of microplastic in the environment: a review." Materials Today: Proceedings 56 (2022): 3254-3260.
14 Singh, Shivani, et al. "Extract from Clarias batrachus Fins as Environmental Benign Corrosion Inhibitor for Mild Steel in Acidic Solution." International Journal of Electrochemical Science 17.3 (2022): 220341.
15 Dihom, Hussin Ramadan, et al. "Photocatalytic degradation of disperse azo dyes in textile wastewater using green zinc oxide nanoparticles synthesized in plant extract: A critical review." Journal of Water Process Engineering 47
16 Kedar, S. A., et al. "Effect of Reflecting Material on CPC to Improve the Performance of Hybrid Groundwater Solar Desalination System." International Journal of Photoenergy 2021 (2021): 1-13.
17 Akram, Shaik Vaseem, et al. "Performance analysis of iot and long-range radio-based sensor node and gateway architecture for solid waste management." Sensors 21.8 (2021): 2774
18 Kumar, Vineet, and Joginder Singh, eds. "Microbial Technologies for Wastewater Recycling and Management: Recent Trends, Challenges, and Perspectives." (2022).
19 Belsare, Karan, and Manwinder Singh. "An Intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) based Automatic Dry and Wet Medical Waste Segregation and Management System." 2022 International Conference on Augmented Intelligence and Sustainable Systems (ICAISS). IEEE, 2022.
20 Kumar, Mukesh, et al. "Integrated production of polyhydroxyalkonate (bioplastic) with municipal wastewater and sludge treatment for sustainable development." Integrated Environmental Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Sustainable Development. Elsevier, 2022. 283-303.
21 Dey, Satarupa, et al. "Microbial community and their role in bioremediation of polluted e-waste sites." Metagenomics to Bioremediation. Academic Press, 2023. 261-283.
22 Sharma, Shivika, Vikas Sharma, and Subhankar Chatterjee. "Microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea: sources, pollution intensity, sea health, and regulatory policies." Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): 634934.
23 Singh, Neha, Umesh Goutam, and Mrinmoy Ghosh. "Deep-marine bacteria—the Frontier alternative for heavy metals bioremediation." Development in wastewater treatment research and processes. Elsevier, 2022. 429-450.
24 Wani, Abdul Basit, et al. "Recent aspects and modification in advanced oxidation processes for pesticide management in wastewater." Pesticides Remediation Technologies from Water and Wastewater. Elsevier, 2022. 127-140.
25 Singh, Simranjeet, et al. "Fate and occurrence of micro-and nano-plastic pollution in industrial wastewater." Biodegradation and detoxification of micropollutants in industrial wastewater. Elsevier, 2022. 27-38.
26 Kumar, Ajay. "Current and future perspective of microalgae for simultaneous wastewater treatment and feedstock for biofuels production." Chemistry Africa 4 (2021): 249-275.
27 Kumar, Ajay, and Vineet Kumar. "A comprehensive review on application of lignocellulose derived nanomaterial in heavy metals removal from wastewater." Chemistry Africa 6.1 (2023): 39-78.
28 Sahay, Pitambra, et al. "Removal of the emergent pollutants (hormones and antibiotics) from wastewater using different kinds of biosorbent—a review." Emergent Materials 6.2 (2023): 373-404.