State of the art: wastewater management in the beverage industry

Technical Report · Tue Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7220934· OSTI ID:7220934

Joyce, M. E.; Scaief, J. F.; Cochrane, M. W.; Dostal, K. A.

The water pollution impact caused by the wastes from the beverage industry and the methods available to combat the associated problems were studied. The size of each industry is discussed along with production processes, wastewater sources and effluent characteristics. Wastewater management techniques are described in terms of in-plant recycling, by-product recovery and end-of-pipe treatment along with the economics of treatment. The malt liquor, malting, soft drinks and flavoring industries primarily dispose of their effluents in municipal sewers. In-plant recycling and by-product recovery techniques have been developed in these industries to reduce their raw waste load. The wine and brandy and distilled spirits industries in many cases must treat their own effluents so they have developed wastewater management systems including industry-owned treatment plants that yield good effluents. The technology to adequately treat rum distillery wastewater has not been demonstrated. The information basis for this study was a literature search, an effluent guidelines report done for EPA, limited site visits, personal communications and an unpublished report conducted for EPA that included questionaire surveys of the industries.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR (USA). Industrial Environmental Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 7220934
• Report Number(s): EPA-600/2-77-048
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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