Wastewater management in small- and medium-size enterprises: case studies

Sohair I. Abou-Elela, Fayza A. Nasr and Saber A. El-Shafai ()
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Sohair I. Abou-Elela: National Research Centre
Fayza A. Nasr: National Research Centre
Saber A. El-Shafai: National Research Centre

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2008, vol. 28, issue 3, 289-296

Abstract: Abstract Wastewater management in small and medium-sized enterprises representing the chemical and food industries was investigated. The results showed that wastewater discharged from an ink-production factory was highly contaminated with organic pollutants. Anaerobic biological treatment followed by chemical coagulation using ferric chloride aided with lime proved to be very effective and produced an effluent that complied with national regulatory standard for wastewater discharge into public sewage network. Also, management of wastewater from a confectionery factory representing the food sector was carried out. Aerobic biological treatment using plastic-packed trickling filter proved to be an effective treatment method. However, application of in-plant control measures alleviated the requirement for the construction of a wastewater treatment plant. The applied pollution prevention and cleaner production measures involved good housekeeping, recovery of spent chocolate, modification of floor cleaning and installation of suction devices for the removal of sugar and starch powders. All improvement measures were documented by cost/benefit analysis.

Keywords: Biological treatment; Chemical industry; Chemical treatment; Food industry; In-plant control; Small- and medium-sized enterprises; Trickling filter; Waste minimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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