IMPACT OF DAIRY EFFLUENT ON ENVIRONMENT—A REVIEW
Loading...
Date
2016
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Dairy industry is among the most polluting of the food industries in
regard to its large water consumption. Dairy is one of the major industries causing
water pollution. Considering the increased milk demand, the daily industry in India
is expected to grow rapidly and have the waste generation and related environ-
mental problems are also assumed increased importance. Poorly treated wastewater
with high level of pollutants caused by poor design, operation or treatment systems
creates major environmental problems when discharged to the surface land or
water. Various operations in a dairy industry may include pasteurization, cream,
cheese, milk powder, etc. The dairy industry handles large volumes of milk and the
major waste material from processing is the water. The water removed from the
milk can contain considerable amounts of organic milk products and minerals. In
addition cleaning of plant, results in caustic wastewater. This review article dis-
cusses the impact of wastewater released in the environment, methods to minimise
the amount of both the organic and inorganicmaterial in the wastewater and waste
water treatment.
Description
TNV_IWMI_2016_239-249
Keywords
Veterinary Science