Water Μanagement in Food and Beverage Industry

The increase in the global population represents a challenge to water management in the food and beverage industries. Accordingly, the objective of the projects presented was to reduce the pollutant content of wastewater (used water), in order to enable the discharge of the treated water into the recipient. The main problems facing the food industry with regard to used water relate to the lowering of COD concentrations and the design of treatment plants with a small footprint for a decrease in the total nitrogen concentration. Within this context, the following chapter presents a short description of two used water treatment plants built by WABAG for the food (snack foods) and beverage industries. The food industry treatment plant described consists of two main stages (physical-chemical stage, biological stage), while the beverage industry treatment plant employs an integrated IFAS system.