Utilization of sludge from

wastewater treatment plant

processes as organic fertilizer in PT.
Indonesia Tourism Development
Corporation
IGH PURNAMA1, AND MYH PUTRI2
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, FACULTY OF MEDICINE,
UDAYANA UNIVERSITY, INDONESIA
Background

 Wastewater treatment at PT Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Nusa

Dua used waste stabilization ponds system.
 In processing water from maturation pond to irrigation water, there is a new technology
called Dissolved Air Flotation by producing the quality of irrigation water as well as by-
products in the form of sludge waste.
 The remaining sludge waste is an organic sludge that is potentially to be re – processed
into organic fertilizer through the process of fermentation
Methodology

 The process of fermentation of sludge into organic fertilizer is given the

addition of variations in effective concentration of each bio-activator to
produce organic fertilizers containing C-organic, pH, and nitrogen (N)
according to the standard of the Ministry of Agriculture Regulation No.
70/Permentan/SR.140/10/2011.
 The sample of this research is the residual sludge from the processing of
wastewater into irrigation water at PT. Indonesian Tourism Development
(ITDC) Nusa Dua, Bali fermented using three types of bio-activator namely
spoiled rice, molasses, and yeast with each concentration of 25 ml/l
sludge, 50 ml/l sludge, and 75 ml/l sludge
Research Finding and Discussion
 Sludge fermentation using Yeast Bio-activator

Yeast C-Organic (%) Total N (%) pH C/N

Concentration/Liter  Seeing from the table, control has best
Sludge (gr/L) C-organic and C/N ratio According to
25 7,68 1,74 7,3 4,40
Ministry of Agriculture Regulation No.
70/Permentan/SR.140/10/2011
50 9,76 1,81 7,1 5,37
 Yeast Addition of 75 gr/L sludge increase
75 13,76 1,82 7,0 7,55 total N
Control 13,98 0,76 6,9 18,39  The addition of yeast bioactivators can
produce single cell protein in the process
of fermentation of organic sludge so that
nitrogen content will increase because
nitrogen is a major component of single
cell protein (Hidayati et al., 2011)
 Sludge fermentation using Spoiled Rice

Spoiled Rice C-Organic (%) Total N (%) pH C/N  Seen from the table above, it can be
Concentration/Liter
Sludge (gr/L) informed that the concentration of
spoiled rice which meet the Minister of
25 3,76 1,19 7,0 3,85 Agriculture Regulation No.
50 5,38 1,42 7,0 3,78 70/Permentan/SR.140/10/2011 was
75 7,75 1,69 7,1 4,59 control and addition of 75 gr/L Spoiled
Control 13,98 0,76 6,9 18,39 rice
 Sludge fermentation using Molasses
Bio-activators

 As can be seen in the table above,

Molasses
Concentration/Liter
C-Organic
(%)
Total N (%) pH C/N
beside control, the Molasses
Sludge (mL/L) concentration at 75 mL/L performing
best result in accordance to the
25 5,58 1,43 7,1 3,89
Minister of Agriculture Regulation No.
50 7,80 1,57 7,0 4,96
70/Permentan/SR.140/10/2011.
75 13,44 1,66 7,1 8,1
Control 13,98 0,76 6,9 18,39
Effective Concentrations of Yeast, Spoiled Rice, and Molasses Bioactivators in
Sludge Fermentation

 Based on research finding, beside control, the effective

concentration to produce organic fertilizer in accordance
with the standards of the Minister of Agriculture Regulation
No. 70/Permentan/SR.140/10/2011 is at concentration of
75 gr/l of sludge in yeast, spoiled rice, and molasses bio-
activators.
 The c-organic content of each bio-activator used is in
accordance with the standards which is at least 6%.
 On the other hand, Nitrogen concentration is still below
standard.
 The C/N ratio resulting from the fermentation of sludge
with each bio-activator is still below the standard C/N
ratio of soils (10-12).
 However, from each bio-activator that is able to produce
a C/N ratio close to the soil, that is, the molasses bio-
activator 75ml/l of mud with a C / N ratio of 8,1