The food and beverages processing industry requires a huge amount of water. One of the main problems is the amount of waste water continuously produced in the food plants. The water is used as an ingredient, a cleaning agent, for boiling and cooling purposes, for transportation and conditioning of raw materials:
The average wastewater flow per ton of product is given in the following table:
|
Food and beverage |
Flow m3/ton of product |
|
Beer |
9-11.5 |
|
Bread |
2-3.5 |
|
Meat packing |
13.5-18 |
|
Milk products |
9-18 |
|
Whiskey |
54.5-73 |
