Industrial process waste water

INDUSTRIAL PROCESS WASTE WATER
  • Poultry operations may generate effluents from various sources including overflow from poultry housing, feeding, and watering; from waste storage and management facilities.
  • Effluents have the potential to contaminate surface water and ground water with ammonia, sediment, pesticides, pathogens and feed additives, such as heavy metals, hormones, and antibiotics.
  • The following management techniques are recommended to further reduce the impacts of water spillage from poultry operations.
    • Reduce water use and spills from animal watering by preventing overflow of watering devices and using calibrated, well-maintained self-watering devices
    • Install vegetative filters to trap sediment from wash water
    • Place the waste water disposal areas well away from surface water bodies
  • The process waste water may be treated by sedimentation for suspended solids using clarifiers or settling ponds; flow and load equalization; biological treatment for reduction of soluble organic matter (BOD); biological nutrient removal for reduction in nitrogen and phosphorus; chlorination for disinfection; drying and composting or land application of waste water treatment residuals of acceptable quality.
Last modified: Saturday, 5 May 2012, 9:24 AM