Wastewater produced by the food and beverage industry poses unique treatment challenges. Some of the challenges are high concentrations of oil and grease, organics and inorganics. Facilities also have to contend with a highly variable flow and concentrations of the waste streams. The waste streams often contain disinfectants used in equipment cleaning. This short course provides an overview of innovative process technologies to address the unique challenges of wastewater in the food and beverage industries. Through discussion sessions and case studies, experts provide example challenges and solutions to those issues that can be applied to other industries or other facilities with similar waste streams.
At the end of this short course, participants will be able to
- describe the unique challenges of wastewater treatment in the food and beverage industries;
- list and compare possible solutions to those challenges;
- summarize resource recovery efforts at various industries and describe the relevance to their own industry;
- recognize the water-energy-food nexus; and
- improve resource management and decision-making regarding inextricable linkages between water reuse and food production.
