Characteristics of slaughter and meat processing wastewater
—— "High pollution, high impact, high load" heavy pollution source
The wastewater from the slaughter and meat processing industry has the typical characteristics of high pollution load, heavy oil content, complex blood pollution components, strong odor, and difficult biochemical treatment. It is a typical high-concentration organic wastewater:
The organic pollution is extremely high: COD is usually 3,000-12,000mg/L, BOD₅ is 1,500-6,000mg/L, which is more than 10 times higher than domestic sewage.
Contains a lot of oil and protein: fat, oil, and animal protein are very easy to form scum or emulsified state in water, and FOG (oil content) is often 100-500mg/L, causing equipment scaling and subsequent treatment system blockage.
Rich in blood and solid impurities: Contains a large amount of blood, hair, minced meat, bone fragments, feces, visceral residues, etc., SS (suspended solids) concentration is as high as 1,000-3,000mg/L, strong odor and high adhesion.
High nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations, easy to cause eutrophication: ammonia nitrogen can reach 200-600mg/L, total phosphorus is as high as 30mg/L or more. If not properly handled, it is very easy to pollute the water body and breed algae.
Strong intermittent discharge and large water volume fluctuations: Production is concentrated, drainage is often concentrated in the daytime operation period, and the peak and valley fluctuations of water volume can exceed 3 times.