What is Wastewater Treatment?

What is Wastewater Treatment?

Wastewater treatment is the process of converting wastewater – water that is no longer needed or is no longer suitable for use – into bilge water that can be discharged back into the environment. It’s formed by a number of activities including bathing, washing, using the toilet, and rainwater runoff. Wastewater is full of contaminants […]

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Industrial wastewater

Industrial wastewater

Industrial wastewater refers to the wastewater that arises from industrial production processes (e.g. in the food, paper, chemical, textile, and metal industries). The composition of the industrial wastewater can vary greatly depending on which branch of industry is involved. Wastewater in the paper industry contains organic substances that are not easily degradable. Oils, greases, and […]

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Waste water treatment

Waste water treatment

wastewater treatment covers the mechanisms and processes used to treat waters that have been contaminated in some way by anthropogenic industrial or commercial activities prior to its release into the environment or its re-use. Most industries produce some wet waste although recent trends in the developed world have been to minimise such production or recycle […]

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