Analysing The Effect Of Housefly Maggot Rearing Using Municipal Solid Waste On Npk Level At Chidambaram

  Gowtham B,  Dr.V.Damodharan

Chidambaram generates around 35 MT of waste every day at a rate of 606 grams per capita per day. Other than residential sources, commercial and institutional establishments also contribute significantly to the total waste generated by the town. 56 per cent of solid waste was generated from residential area followed by commercial establishment and market. To reduce the environmental burden and improve public health, new and financially attractive waste management strategies should be explored and fostered. Hence an attempt has been made to identify the effect of housefly maggot rearing using municipal solid waste. The present study analyses the methods to reduce municipal solid waste by rearing house fly maggots in different trails. Various minerals were estimated using diluted samples. From the results, it was observed that the weight of the maggot was increasing as days pass. Further, it could be seen from the results that the minerals like phosphorus and potassium showed an increasing trend except nitrogen which shows a decreasing trend. However, the levels of all minerals were within the permissible limit only. The results of ANOVA said that among minerals, nitrogen level varied significantly in trails and between days and phosphorus & potassium had significant variation when duration of rearing increased.

Keywords- Municipal solid waste, Housefly, Maggot, NPK, Waste reduction index

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1902100
Page Number(s) - 527-532
Pubished in - Volume 7 | Issue 2 | June 2019
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -   
Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Gowtham B,  Dr.V.Damodharan,   "Analysing The Effect Of Housefly Maggot Rearing Using Municipal Solid Waste On Npk Level At Chidambaram", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.7, Issue 2, pp.527-532, June 2019, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1902100.pdf