INDUSTRIAL WATER WASTES

Any type of waste that either dissolves in

water, inherently emits harmful materials, or
reacts with water to create harmful acids and
bases.
 INDUSTRIAL
Industrial sector
WATER WASTES
Typical water waste
Power plant Water carrying lead, mercury, sulfur, nitrates,
etc.
Fly ash
Food Large amounts of organic./biodegradable
wastes
Oil and grease
Pesticides
Metal Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene,
ammonia, cyanide, phenols, etc.)
Mining Rock particles
Oils and surfactants
Unwanted minerals (ore byproducts)
Refinery Oil and grease
Solid particulates
Sulfides, ammonia, phenols
Paper Chemical solvents
Textile Pigments
Bleaching agents
 INDUSTRIAL WATER WASTES
MANAGEMENT
Wastewater treatment plants
- General
INDUSTRIAL WATER WASTES MANAGEMENT

Wastewater treatment plants

- Industrial
 WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES
Process Meaning Purpose
Removal of calcium, magnesium,
iron and other metal cations Increase effectiveness of soaps
Softening dissolved from rocks that make
up hard water often through Decrease scale formation
reverse osmosis
Removal of colloidal particles Remove finer particles in the
Coagulation and Flocculation through introduction of chemical water that is usually too small for
coagulants for easier separation conventional filtration
Settles suspended solids to the
bottom of a settling tank to be
Settling/Sedimentation Removal of suspended solids
separated and collected as
sludge
Moving of water through a rapid
Filtration sand filter in mimic of natural Removal of contaminants
filtration
Disinfection of water commonly Removal of pathogenic
Disinfection
done with chlorine organisms
WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES
Softening Coagulation Flocculation

Sedimentation Filtration
 ADDITIONAL WATER TREAATMENT
PROCESSES
Solids Removal: Often done with the use of
settling/sedimentation. For finer particles, flocculation
can be used along with ultrafiltration methods.
Oils and grease removal: For effectiveness, oil and
grease are often characterized in terms of suspension
state and droplet size. These factors are crucial to
know which separator technology is the most effective
for use.
Removal of biodegradable organics: Often achieved
through use of combination of aeration and
sedimentation, and finally through trickling filtration.
Removal of acids and alkali: Acids and alkalis are
neutralized in order to be removed.
WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES
Aeration Separator Technology

Neutralization
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