Juvenile Earthworm Population Density in Hyderabad's Sewage Regions of Nagole

Abstract

Earthworms in nature play a major role in converting any organic waste into vermicompost, which helps in reducing noxious gases of a wide variety of organic water, eliminating the bad smell. Urban areas are sewagepolluted, and earthworms have long been employed to remediate sewage. In this work, we looked at earthworm population densities in connection to several physico-chemical aspects of the sewage of Nagole, Hyderabad's metropolitan system. Within the boundaries of the study region, three different species of earthworms, including Octochactona phillotti, Barogaster annandelei, and Drawida linnora were discovered in the sewage area. These species are members of the Octochaetidae and Monibgastridae families. From January to December 2007, the proportion of juvenile earthworms in the urban sewage system fluctuated from 4.66 ± 0.47 to 0.33 ± 0.34, with July having the greatest percentage. During the study period, earthworm diversity changed. Most of them were found there during the wet season. The current inquiry could produce data on the ecology of earthworms in urban environments and their function in the sewage's degradation.