Industrial wastewater and civil wastewater: differences
Industrial wastewater certainly does not differ from its “civil” analogue in terms of the technical parameters with which to measure quality and quantity of pollutants.
The substantial difference is in the “management” of the respective treatments: a civil wastewater treatment plant collects the water of an entire community and will have to be equipped, accordingly, with all the standard stages of primary, secondary and tertiary treatments. On the contrary, each industrial sector, and indeed each individual process line, has peculiar needs as to the removal of suspended solids, phosphorus, nitrogen, and so on: therefore, it becomes essential to carry out analysis of industrial wastewater through pilot units. Indeed, this is a key step in understanding the specific needs of the plant, and MITA Water Technologies always recommends it to industry clients.