The Recovery of Streptomycin from Industrial Effluents

Abstract

The application of Purolite A-510 anionic resin for an industrial effluent treatment generated by the technological process of streptomycin production is studied taking into account the recycling requirements of treated wastewater and recovery demands of all useful materials (e.g., solvents, antibiotics etc.). All the experiments were performed on a laboratory set-up scale by working into static and dynamic regime in order to establish the optimal operational conditions (e.g., pH, operational time, flow rate, drug concentration) for high removal efficiencies of streptomycin. The streptomycin removals using the Purolite A-510 resin correspond to values of 62.93 - 96% for different operational conditions.