© 2021 JETIR July 2021, Volume 8, Issue 7 www.jetir.org (ISSN-2349-5162) JETIR2107453 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org d475 APPLICATION OF BIOREMEDIATION FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT ZebaTabassum 1 , School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab. India- 144401. Mostafizur Rahman 1 , School of Architecture and Design, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab. India- 144401. Abstract Many Indian cities are dependent on surface water from rivers, but the rivers are very much polluted in the downstream because of discharge of untreated waste water specially from industrial areas. Industrial pollution in the form of land and water is on rising trend. Treatment of effluents is costly by individual industries and common treatment systems do not specifically treat all the contaminants. There is a need of decentralization of industrial waste water treatment. Bioremediation is one such economic, eco-friendly and sustainable technique where environmental pollutant are degraded by naturally occurring biological organisms. This method is applicable for different industry effluents like petrochemical, textile, tannery etc. and many more. This paper briefly analyze effectiveness of bioremediation process to treat industrial waste water. Keywords: wastewater; industry; bioremediation; microorganism INTRODUCTION Development of industries is common worldwide. Industries are source of major water pollution in the world. Pollutants produced in industries causes harm to nature and human. Developed countries forces industries to treat effluents to tertiary level but developing countries fail to do so. Surface and ground water gets contaminated due to polluted water. Treatment of waste water at sauce is costly but scientists are finding ways to deal with the treatment of pollutants in natural and cheaper way. This paper discusses about one such effort. Waste Water Water flows through a system and carries out impurities. The systems can be industrial, residential, commercial or agriculture. Waste water also includes the water from the systems like storm water, horticulture and aquaculture effluents. The liquid wastes that are discharged to a water body treated or untreated are called effluents. Sewage is also wastewater originating from toilets, bathrooms, kitchen and public toilets. Water from swimming pool, surface runoff, storm water are wastewater but not considered as sewage. Broadly wastewater can be categorized as municipal wastewater and industrial wastewater. This chapter is about industrial wastewater and its treatment.