Industrial wastewater treatment describes the processes used for treating wastewater that is produced by industries as an undesirable by-product.
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11 Facts About Industrial wastewater
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Sources of industrial wastewater include battery manufacturing, chemical manufacturing, electric power plants, food industry, iron and steel industry, metal working, mines and quarries, nuclear industry, oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and petrochemicals, pharmaceutical manufacturing, pulp and paper industry, smelters, textile mills, industrial oil contamination, water treatment and wood preserving.
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Industrial wastewater could add the following pollutants to receiving water bodies if the wastewater is not treated and managed properly:.
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Wastewater generated from agricultural and food processing operations has distinctive characteristics that set it apart from common municipal Industrial wastewater managed by public or private sewage treatment plants throughout the world: it is biodegradable and non-toxic, but has high Biological Oxygen Demand and suspended solids .
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The constituents of food and agriculture Industrial wastewater are often complex to predict, due to the differences in BOD and pH in effluents from vegetable, fruit, and meat products and due to the seasonal nature of food processing and post-harvesting.
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Many food processing facilities require on-site treatment before operational Industrial wastewater can be land applied or discharged to a waterway or a sewer system.
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Some specialized separation operations, such as coal washing to separate coal from native rock using density gradients, can produce Industrial wastewater contaminated by fine particulate haematite and surfactants.
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Various types of contamination of Industrial wastewater require a variety of strategies to remove the contamination.
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The type of industry and specific operational practices determine what types of Industrial wastewater is generated and what type of treatment is required.
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Hydrocyclone oil separators operate on the process where Industrial wastewater enters the cyclone chamber and is spun under extreme centrifugal forces more than 1000 times the force of gravity.
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Problems can arise if the Industrial wastewater is excessively diluted with washing water or is highly concentrated such as undiluted blood or milk.
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