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Table 7.3 Expected Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment Methods<br />

r<br />

Treatment Range of expected BOD removal efficiency [%]<br />

Low High<br />

Screening 5 10<br />

600 pm Screens<br />

500 pm Screens 7.5 15<br />

150 pm Screens 15 30<br />

DAF 80 90<br />

7.3 Case Study<br />

7.3.1 General<br />

Based on available file data, and information obtained from equipment suppliers,<br />

equipment costs for various modifications were calculated for a hypothetical fish<br />

processing plant.<br />

7.3.2 Assumptions and Background Information<br />

The hypothetical fish processing plant is assumed to be a salmon cannery which also<br />

processes roe herring in spring. The plant is assumed to have 600 ~m screens, which<br />

are the most common form of effluent treatment in B.C. for large processing plants.<br />

Further, it was assumed that extensive in-house modifications would result in a 50%<br />

reduction of the water consumption and the BOD loading. Although it has not yet been<br />

demonstrated that these levels of reduction can be achieved in North American fish<br />

processing plants, these assumptions seem reasonable based on the results obtained by<br />

European processors who have implemented modifications according to the principles<br />

described in Section 5.2. The replacement of 600 pm screens with 500 and 150 ~m<br />

screens was assumed to result in a reduction of the effluent BOD of 5% and 20 %,<br />

respectively. Installation of DAF was assumed to reduce the effluent BOD by an<br />

additional 80 % when compared to the existing level of treatment.<br />

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