Cheese Producer

bioPULSE™ Membrane System - Reduced BOD More Than 90% for Permit Compliance
6 min
January 21, 2024
Project Information
Industry
Food & Beverages
Project
bioPULSE™ MBR System for Dairy Wastewater
Application
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) Removal | Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Removal | Ammonia Removal | Phosphorus Removal

Application Parameters

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ParameterInfluentEffluent
Wastewater Flow
300,000 GPD
/
BOD
1,150 mg/L
<3.74 mg/L
TSS
350 mg/L
<6.9 mg/L
TKN20 mg/L
NA
Ammonia
NA
<1 mg/L
Total Phosphorous
25 mg/L
<1 mg/L

The Problem

The Cheese production facility needed to install a wastewater treatment system to reduce the BOD, TSS, ammonia and phosphorus from a commingled process water stream generated during cheese and dairy production for compliance with a NPDES (surface water) Discharge Permit.

The Solution

bioprocessH2O supplied a bioPULSE™ Airlift Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) incorporating the energy efficient airlift external tubular and back-washable membranes. Permeate from the MBR treatment process meets and exceeds the permitted effluent limits for discharge to a fresh water stream.

The Results

The bioPULSE™ MBR has proven effective at reducing the BOD, TSS, ammonia and phosphorus from the dairy process water to meet effluent discharge requirements. To learn more check out our article:how to reduce BOD in wastewater

300,000
GPD
>99%
BOD Removed
>96%
of Phosphorus removed