Design of a wastewater treatment plant for the company Lácteos San Antonio in Cuenca - Ecuador

Abstract

The care of its use, treatment, release and circulation of water allows water to be considered as a renewable resource, more so according to research carried out by international entities that ensure that 80% of the water used in the world is returned to the ecosystem without any treatment, so it is considered that by 2030 the world will face a 40% deficit of water. Among these statistics is Ecuador, a country where the discharges of untreated water are mostly discharged into public sewers or river channels. Lácteos San Antonio, company dedicated to the production of products derived from milk, based on the environmental requirements, requires to determine the most favorable technologies applicable for a wastewater treatment plant that fits their realities. In the present project a study of the most used techniques in Food, Drink and Milk industries around the world, considered within the Best Available Techniques is carried out, as well as scientific articles of authors who have developed researches of the technologies applied to the treatment of the waste water coming from the processes of the dairy industry in order to define the most indicated processes taking into account their efficiency and adaptability to the realities of the company.