[Retracted] Treatment of Pharma Effluent using Anaerobic Packed Bed Reactor

Table 1

Characteristics of pharmaceutical wastewater and treated sludge.

Parameters	Pharmaceutical wastewater, mg/l	Treated sludge, mg/l
pH	6.81	7.1
BOD	2480	5274
COD	6400	9730
TDS	1084	—
TSS	157	—
Volatile solids	—	8480
Suspended solids	—	18470