Pretreatment requirements and status of industrial effluents in the greater Istanbul area

• Published in: PRETREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS II Vol. 36; no. 2-3; pp. 101 - 107
• Main Authors: SARIKAYA, H. Z, EROGLU, V, SEVIMLI, M. F, ÖZTÜRK
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York NY Pergamon Press 01-01-1997; Oxford IWA Publishing
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Discharge; Effluents; Evaluation; Exact sciences and technology; Industrial effluents; Industrial plants; Industrial wastes; Industrial wastewater; Industrial wastewaters; Industry; Metropolitan areas; Monitoring systems; Parameter identification; Pollution; Pretreatment; Removal; Sewage; Sewerage; Sewers; Wastewater; Wastewater discharges; Wastewaters; Water treatment and pollution; Asia; Turkey; Istanbul Turkey; Urban area; Pretreatment; Waste water purification; Industrial waste water
• ISBN: 0080433715; 9780080433714
• ISSN: 0273-1223; 1996-9732
• DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00375-2

Evaluation of the industrial pretreatment plants in Istanbul Metropolitan area is presented. Out of 7899 industries located in Istanbul, 1420 of them require pretreatment to meet the discharge criteria. Currently, there are 532 pretreatment works which treat 82.6 percent of the industrial wastewaters. Discharge standards and the compliance monitoring system for the industrial wastewater discharges into the public sewers as applied by the Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration are discussed. The performance data of the pretreatment plants are given based on the percent non-compliance and percent removal efficiency figures determined for different categories of industry. Problem areas in terms of industrial sector and in terms of quality parameters are identified.