Research Article

Pharmaceutical Effluent Treatment Using Multi-effect Evaporator Process

Table 1

Raw effluent characteristics from pharma industry.

S. no.ParametersPlant-1 effluent samplePlant-2 effluent samplePlant-3 effluent samplePlant-4 effluent sampleCombined effluent

1.pH87.56.86.87.5
2.TSS, mg/l20001670210015002800
3.TDS, mg/l1489513750148001250015300
4.BOD, mg/l972010200672075008500
5.COD, mg/l2700029230244802520026500
6.TKN, mg/l950785620550800