Ms. Anna, You are right in your perspective. Biological treatment anaerobic followed by aerobic can reduce the load to a greater extent without major cost. However as Guy McGowen has pointed out, it can't be a complete treatment to meet the discharge norms. Hence a comprehensive approach to complex waste water as in food industry should mean variety of biological - bio-chemical - physicochemical and AOP technologies need to used to confirm the discharge norms. I have done R&D on Molasses Distillery (Alcohol) industry effluent for more than 5 years and finally we became the first to treat such heavily concentrated effluent to meet the stringent discharge norms without generating secondary pollution. AOP techniques we adopted for this mammoth work was based on electro-chemistry and we now have successfully treated complex but less concentrated effluents like that from dairy and food packaging industries etc. None of the effluents are untreatable, if we have the right approach to treat them. Not a single approach is a complete method to treat all effluents. Thanks and best regards, Niraj Mithani

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Ms. Anna,

You are right in your perspective. Biological treatment anaerobic followed by aerobic can reduce the load to a greater extent without major cost. However as Guy McGowen has pointed out, it can't be a complete treatment to meet the discharge norms. Hence a comprehensive approach to complex waste water as in food industry should mean variety of biological - bio-chemical - physicochemical and AOP technologies need to used to confirm the discharge norms.

I have done R&D on Molasses Distillery (Alcohol) industry effluent for more than 5 years and finally we became the first to treat such heavily concentrated effluent to meet the stringent discharge norms without generating secondary pollution. AOP techniques we adopted for this mammoth work was based on electro-chemistry and we now have successfully treated complex but less concentrated effluents like that from dairy and food packaging industries etc.

None of the effluents are untreatable, if we have the right approach to treat them. Not a single approach is a complete method to treat all effluents.

Thanks and best regards,

Niraj Mithani

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Kudos Niraj; Understanding basic science does not appear to be a high priority in the waste water industry. Learning THE microbial tools and how to use them cost effectively allows for 100% recycling.  Nature has been the best example of a circular economy. I have an inventory of these tools. True science is all about sharing. Allow me to share this information with you. Every journey begins with a first step. But they forget to mention which direction.  You are clearly on the right path.  Let us connect and go from there.

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