THETREATMENTOFDAIRYPLANTWASTES
UPGRADINGDAIRYPRODUCTIONANDTREATMENTFACILITIESTOCONTROLPOLLUTION
MADISON WISCONSINMARCH20-21 1973
UPGRADING DAIRY PRODUCTION AND TREATMENT FACILITIES TOCONTROLPOLLUTION
Prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency Technology Transfer Program
I. Current Practices in the Handling ofDairy Wastes
Dlsposing of the Effluent Character of the Wastes 34Stockton Illinois 6Norwich New York South Edmeston Nev York 15 22Champaign Illinois 29
II. The Benefits of the Joint Treatment Approachvith the City
Background Wastewater Treatment Plants 1 hThe Joint Approach 5The Relationship vith Industry Sampling and Analyses 11 13Summary 17
III. Hov Dean Foods Handles the Waste Problem atthe Chemung Illinois Dsiry Plant
In Plant Controls The Waste Treatment PlantThe Effluent Load per 1000 Pounds of Mi1kPerformance of the Treatment Plant Costs
IV. Alternate Methods of Treating or Pre-treatingDairy Plant Wastes?
Dairy Waste Compatibility in MunicipalSystems Selection ObjectivesTreatment AlternativesTreatment Methods -Summary Other Wastewater Treatment AlternativesCase Histories Kent Cheese Co.Eiler Cheese Co.Afolkey Coop Cheese Co.
V. Foreign Practice Reprints
Pre-Treatment of Dairy Effluent By theTover System Biological Treatment of Dairy Wastes 10 1The Treatment of Creamery and YoghurtSpray Disposal of Food Waste Effluents 13 18
CURRENT PRACTICES
IN THE HANDLING OF DAIRY PLANT WASTES
Director of Environmental Control Kenneth S.WatsonKRAFTCOCORPORATIONGlenview Illinois
CURRENT PRACTICES IN THE HANDLING OF DAIRY WASTES
A paper prepared for presentation in the session on treatmentfor the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Technology TrasnferSeminar for the dairy industry.
Kenneth S. Watson
Director of Environmental Control
Kraftco Corporation
Glenviev 11linois
The laws regulations guidelines and thus particularly thepollution control efforts necessary in the dairy industry are rapidlyevolving so it is highly desirable to orient plant management and pro-duction people vith what is going on.For these reasons this technologytransfer seminar for the industry should be beneficial.We are happywe can make it fully productive.
The treatment approaches and methods which have applicationto dairy wastes are areas of significance to those who must operate plantstoday.For these reasons this portion of the seminar will be concernedwith the treatment portion of the problem.
In addition to hearing from four speakers on various aspectsof treatment you will be supplied a brochure covering these presentationsand some reprints on foreign practice.The reprints briefly cover treat-ment activities at dairy plants in Canada England New Zealand Finland Czechoslovakia Denmark and Germany.
