Water reuse for the bottled water industry

The bottled water industry uses a machine specifically designed for the washing of its containers (19-L capacity) and generates 6-L wastewater/container. This effluent can be used for watering of green areas and car washing. The objectives of the present work were to characterize the effluent and to...

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Published in:Water science & technology. Water supply 2005-01, Vol.5 (1), p.101-107
Main Authors: Ramírez Camperos, E., Cardoso Vigueros, L., Escalante Estrada, V., Gómez Navarrete, A., Rivas Hernández, A., Díaz Tapia, E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activated carbon
Alkalinity
Anthracite
Biochemical oxygen demand
Bottled water
Calcium
Calcium carbonate
Capacity
Car washes
Cations
Chlorine
Containers
Corrosion
Drinking water
Effluents
Hoses
Magnesium
pH effects
Removal
Residual chlorine
Total oxygen demand
Washing machines
Wastewater
Water analysis
Water hardness
Water quality
Water reuse
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Summary:The bottled water industry uses a machine specifically designed for the washing of its containers (19-L capacity) and generates 6-L wastewater/container. This effluent can be used for watering of green areas and car washing. The objectives of the present work were to characterize the effluent and to propose a specific treatment to enable reuse of the effluent from the container washing machine. The analysis of water quality identified the following problems: high pH (10.0), high biochemical oxygen demand (50 mg/L), high concentration of free residual chlorine (3.15 mg/l), alkalinity (207 mg/l as CaCO3) and hardness (38.8 mg/l as CaCO3). These parameters must be reduced in order to comply with the Mexican standards for water reuse (NOM-003-ECOL-1997), and to protect the washing equipment against corrosion and incrustations. The water can be used for the watering of green areas after pH adjustment and Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD5) removal. If special equipment is used for car washing, it is necessary to reduce the concentration of calcium and magnesium using a strong cationic resin. Following these recommendations the specific industry installed a treatment system with pH adjustment, dual filtration (sand-anthracite) and adsorption system with activated carbon. The effluent is now used for watering of green areas and for car washing with garden hoses.
ISSN:1606-9749
1607-0798
DOI:10.2166/ws.2005.0013