The design of an effluent treatment plant can be a complicated affair, or a
very simple one dependent on the nature of the effluent being treated and the
receiving water, which could be ground water, a river or the sea. In many cases
you may be required to treat water in order to meet conditions of a trade
effluent consent. In designing outflow parameters we might set a list of target
concentrations:
Flow Rate l/s
pH Range
Suspended Solids mg/l
Beryllium mg/l
Zinc mg/
Copper mg/l
Nickel mg/l
Chromium mg/l
Free Cyanide
Oils
Targets should be set for long terms and short terms values.