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Treatment of Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent

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Paper industry is considered one of the major industry especially in Egypt. National paper company [NAPA] which produces many types of paper was selected in this study. It uses - 25000m% d of fresh water and discharges ~ 18000 m% of wastewater into Abu Kir Bay. The waste is characterized by high values of COD, BOD and SS [1650 mg/l, 630 mg/l and 965 mg/l respectively]. So, the aim of this study is to treat the NAPA mill waste to comply it with the law 4/1994 that govern its discharge. The treatment involves primary sedimentation, followed by biologically treatment and then finally clarification. The primary clarifier achieved ~ 83% of SS, 71% of COD and 68% of BOD removal after 2.5 hr sedimentation time. The sludge resulting from the clarifier was fractionated and ~ 63% of it was recycled as a useful fiber. The clarified effluent is then treated biologically using activated sludge at different hydraulic retention time [HRT] and different F/M ratio. The system achieved ~ 95% COD removal and 93% BOD at HRT 8 hr., F/M ratio ranged from 0.22 to 0.29 d-1 and after clarification for 1.5 hr. The characteristics of the final clarified treated effluent are below the permissible limits of the environmental law [4/1994).

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10.21608/jhiph.1999.396287

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Treatment, Pulp, Paper Mill, Effluent

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Manal

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Ahmed

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Environmental Health Department, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Egypt

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manalhassan_44@hotmail.com

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29

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3

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43990

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1999-07-01

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2024-12-10

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1999-07-01

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581

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596

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2357-0601

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2357-061X

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Journal of High Institute of Public Health

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Treatment of Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent

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