Treatment and reuse of wastewater from beverage industry

Water is used in most process industries for a wide range of applications. processes and systems using water today are being subjected to increasingly stringent environmental regulations on effluents and there is growing demand for fresh water. these changes have increased the need for better water management and wastewater minimization. the combination of water demand management and cleaner production concepts have resulted in both economical and ecological benefits. beverage industry requires huge amount of fresh water,generating considerable amount of polluted waste water during different processes including drink production,washing bottles,plant washdown as well as washing the floors and the general work area. most of the industries do not reuse the waste water and consuming bulk of fresh water. the beverage industry is one of the major industries in pakistan and the present study was conducted on the beverage/soft drink industry at hattar industrial estate,hattar,pakistan to assess the feasibility of reuse of wastewater form bottle washing plant by conducting treatment test,like dilution of the waste water in different ratios,reverse osmosis and ion exchange.