5 Approaches to Treating Wastewater in Beverage (Dairy) Production

The dairy industry undertakes a number of activities that involve converting raw milk into milk, butter, cheese and yogurt using processes such as chilling, pasteurization, and homogenization

Dairy raw wastewater is characterized by high concentrations of organic matter and nutrients. Dairy wastewater systems tend to have fluctuating loads due to the discontinuous nature of the production process in dairy processing. Dairy wastewater facilities are faced with a number of challenges in their operations.