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POTENTIAL FOR WATER REUSE IN AN EGYPTIAN POULTRY PROCESSING PLANT
Author(s) -
HAMZA AHMED,
SAAD SAMIA,
WITHEROW JACK
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1978.tb15258.x
Subject(s) - wastewater , reuse , environmental science , waste management , chiller , washer , water quality , fecal coliform , environmental engineering , pulp and paper industry , engineering , biology , ecology , mechanical engineering , physics , thermodynamics
The water usage and waste loads were determined for ten unit operations in a modern poultry processing plant in Alexandria, Egypt. Concentrations of 10 wastewater parameters and 9 heavy metals, identification of 12 bacteria and enumeration of both total aerobic and coliform bacteria in the wastewater from these unit operations were determined to evaluate the potential for water reuse. In the scalder, washer and chillers, bacterial counts in the water and on the carcasses were directly related and increased with the length of water usage. Based on the study, countercurrent water use through the chillers and washer was planned after applying renovation measures for grease and bacterial reductions. Compressor cooling water quality was satisfactory for reuse in the scalder.