Food Processing Wastewater Standards?

[briandestefano]

I am working on a salmon processing and packaging facility in upstate New York and I am having trouble finding what the wastewater standards are. I have only worked on domestic wastewater facilities before, and I am wondering if they might be different. I have had little luck searching the internet so far, so any help would be apreciated, thanks.

 

[bimr]

There is a Canned and preserved seafood processing point source category:

http://www.fedcenter.gov/assistance/facilitytour/wastewater/potw/

http://yosemite.epa.gov/ee/epa/ria.nsf/vwRef/W.74.21+B?OpenDocument

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/40cfr408_03.html

 

[briandestefano]

Thanks for the links, but I'm looking for something a little different. I probably should have said this before but, the wastewater will be discharged to either an absorption bed or used for irrigation as the site is on an existing farm. Even thought it is on an existing farm the use is more commercial than agricultural.

 

[briandestefano]

I'm also looking for flow rates of wastewater, I am having a little trouble finding food processing flow rates. All I can find is food service (i.e. restaurants). Thanks again

 

[bimr]

Without further information:

One to four gallons wastewater per pound of product.

You can also go through the production process and estimate the wastewater volume from the equipment being used.

http://wrrc.p2pays.org/p2rx/subsection.cfm?hub=449&subsec=15&nav=15&CFID=1651343&CFTOKEN=74901975

 

[bimr]

Don't know why the above link is not working. The cached link is listed below. The information should be available from

http://p2pays.org/ias/P2resources.asp

"Meat Processing: Environmental Impacts"

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cach...cessing+wastewater+volume&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1

http://wrrc.p2pays.org/p2rx/nav.cfm?hub=449&subsec=15

 

[bimr]

http://www.p2rx.org/topichubs/bibliography.cfm?hub=449&subsec=7&nav=100