Abstract
Biodegradation is a “green”, powerful and cost-effective way to remediate polluted environment. Still traditional biodegradation
technologies of hazardous hydrophobic pollutants are generally limited by low bioavailability of such contaminants. That is why
there is a need to develop innovative approaches to enhance the efficiency of biodegradation. The aim of the present work was to
develop the basis of an innovative eco-friendly wastewater treatment technology for remediation of effluents and water
contaminated with hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs). A technology for enhanced HOCs biodegradation was developed
basing on the clouding phenomenon of nonionic surfactants.