CONTENTS 1 Some Aspects of Pollution in Pulp and Paper Industry: Indian Scenario, A.B. Chaudhari, R.M. Kothari, S.F. Patil and R.K. Sharnia 1 2. Investigations on the Water Quality of Shrimp Farms in Goa with Respect to Culture Practices, Joe D'Souza, Soraya Maria Menezes and Nelson D'Souza 44 3. Microbial Biomass Protein Production Through Biocon- version of Dairy Wastes, Kishan Singh 70 4. Proposed Biomethanations for Petroleum Crude Wastes, Nitosh Kumar Brahma 95 5. Whey Pollution Problems and Potential of Microbes for its Utilisation, R.S.Singh and Balwinder Singh 104 6. Microbiological Aspects of Vermicomposting, D.G. Kadam, G.R.Pathade and P.K.Goel 115 7. Treantment and Utilisation of Domestic Sewage Through Aquaculture, P. K. Pandcy and Archana Sinha 150 8. Scope of Biotechnology in Oil Recovery, P.V. Khandwekar 162 9. Carbon Dioxide Evolution, Oxygen Consumption and Respiratory Quotient of Spentwash Composting by Different icroorganisms, Suhas D. Khambe 174 10. Detoxification of Organophosphorus Pesticides by Free and Immobilised Flavobacterium balustinum, Suresh Kumar Chitta, C. M. Anu Radha, V. Kumar and S. Dayananda 181 11. Biological Removal of Colour from Molasses Spent Wash by Aspergillus niger, N. A. Sahasrabudhe, Rekha Talke and Ashwini Gita 188 12. Biological Nitrogen Removal From Wastewater, A. B. Gupta 197 13. Degradation of Nitrophenolic Compounds by Microorgan isms, Ashvini Chauhan, Sudip K. Samanta and Rakesh K. Jain 219 14. Microbial Control of Environmental Pollution, Nitosh Kumar Brahma 233 15. Sewage Monitoring, its Treatment Process and Discharge in India, Ram Chandra and P.K.Seth 245 16. Current Trends in Wastewater Management in India, M. Musaddiq 268 17. Causes of Interruptions and Failure of Biomethanation During Anaerobic Treatment of Industrial Effluents: A Review, V. L. Kanavadc and B. P. Kapadnis 292 18. Textile Waste: Characterization and Treatment, P.R. Thorat and G.R.Pathade 316 19. Role of Actinomycetes in Agricultural and Urban Waste Biodegradation, S. W. Kulkarni and A. M. Deshmukh 326 20. Seed Culture Technology in Wastewater Treatment: Current Status and Future Prospects, G. R. Pathade, V. V. Karandikar and P. K. Goel 334 21. Design of BOD Measurements in Continuous Process, N.K. Brahma 377 22. Molecular Methods for Wastewater Monitoring and Treat-ment, Swati Kotwal 389 23. Environmental Test Procedures and Bio-assays for Deter-mination of Metals, Samina Hasan and R. R. Khan 399