Aeration And Mixing Technologies for Dairy Processing Wastewater Challenges

Wastewater from the dairy industry is generated from raw milk receiving stations, bottling plants, cheese factories, butter and casein processing, condensed and dried milk processing, and ice cream facilities.

The wastewater is a mixture of dairy product waste, heating, cooling, and washdown water, and chemicals used in the washing and sanitizing processes. It contains high concentrations of BOD and COD, dissolved and suspended solids, nitrogen and phosphorous compounds, chlorides, fats, oils, and greases.