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Food, Dairy & Beverage Effluent Treatment Plant

Fat, oil and grease, high BOD, CIP chemicals and sharp pH swings — food and dairy effluent is very biodegradable but unforgiving of poor design. We build DAF-plus-anaerobic-plus-aerobic trains that stay stable through production shifts and CIP cycles.

The effluent and the norms

Dairy effluent (whey, milk losses, CIP) runs 1,500–4,000 mg/L BOD with FOG and pH from 2 to 12; breweries and beverage plants add sugar-rich, high-flow streams and caustic; meat and fish processing add blood, FOG and nitrogen. BOD/COD ratio is high (0.5–0.7), so biology works well — provided FOG is removed first and pH is controlled.

Treatment train we design

  1. Screening and FOG removalFine screen, oil-grease trap or DAF with coagulant for 80–95 % FOG and TSS removal.
  2. Equalisation and pH control12–24 h buffer to flatten CIP spikes; automatic acid/caustic dosing.
  3. Anaerobic stageUASB or anaerobic reactor for BOD above ~2,000 mg/L — cuts aeration power 50–70 % and produces biogas.
  4. Aerobic stageMBBR, extended aeration or MBR for polishing to discharge or reuse.
  5. Tertiary and reusePSF/ACF, UF; RO where treated water goes to cooling or boiler make-up.
  6. SludgeDAF float and biological sludge thickened and dewatered; anaerobic sludge stable and low-odour.

Where we apply it

Dairies and milk processing
Chilling centres to large dairies; whey handling.
Breweries, distilleries, beverage
High-flow, sugar-rich effluent; spent-wash concentration for distilleries.
Bakeries, snacks, edible oil
FOG-heavy streams; DAF-first design.
Meat, poultry, fish processing
Blood, FOG and nitrogen; anaerobic + nitrification.

How KK Enviro Engineers delivers

Sampling plan and inlet characterisation → process design (PFD, P&ID, sizing, BOQ) → supply, erection and commissioning → biological stabilisation → handover with O&M manual and training → AMC if you want us to stay. We also audit and upgrade plants built by others.

Frequently asked questions

Do we need a DAF?

If FOG exceeds ~50–100 mg/L or TSS is high, yes — biology downstream will foul and foam without it. For light streams a well-designed grease trap and equalisation may suffice.

Is anaerobic treatment worth it for a dairy?

Above roughly 2,000 mg/L BOD, anaerobic pre-treatment pays back through lower aeration power and smaller aerobic tanks, and yields biogas usable in the boiler.

Can treated water be reused?

Yes — after tertiary filtration for cooling, floor washing and gardening; with RO for boiler make-up. Food-contact reuse is not done.

Send your effluent data

Flow, inlet analysis and required outlet — we reply with a scheme and budget range within one working day.