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Table 14.1. Characterization of paper and pulp mill waste water (mgL–1).

Type of

Water

pH

EC (us

cm –1 )

Lignin

(mgL–1 )

Colour

(pcu)

COD

(mgL–1 )

BOD

(mg

L –1 )

TDS

(mg

L –1 )

TSS

(mgL–1 )

TS

(mgL–1 )

Adsorbabale

Organic

Halides

(AOX)

(mg L–1 )

Chlorides

(mgL–1 )

Phosphate

(mg L–1 )

Nitrogen

(mg L–1 )

Phenol

(mgL–1 )

Potassium

(mg L–1 )

References

Pulp and

Paper mill

effluent

7.80

-

6380.56

5205.5

5280

54

Chuphal et al.

2005

Pulp and

Paper mill

effluent

7 – 8.5

700 –

1200

600 –

1000

600 –

1000

1100 –

1400

120 –

180

10 – 18

Dhall 2014

Pulping

process

wastewater

8.07

4374

Prasongsuk

et al. 2009

Pulp effluent

4018*2

1248

46.3

Tarlan et al.

2002

Paper mill

water

6.86 –

7.12

0.746 –

0.791*4

1750

2000 –

2100

615 –

670*3

1760*3

40 *3

2100*3

48 – 62*3

Mahesh et al.

2006

Pulp and

paper

wastewater

13.5

870

290

1669.7

460

1790

40

1860

0.112 –

10,121

Wang et al.

2007

Pulp and

paper industry

wastewater

8 ± 0/1

1002.7 ±

57 *2

1500 ±

150

563 ± 30

2138 ±

50 8

Abedinzadeh

et al. 2018

Corrugated

board factory

waste water

7.1

680*2

470

Sevimli 2005

Paper

and pulp

wastewater

7.44

2940

1089

345

2420

76,22

Pizzichini

et al. 2005

Pulp and

paper mill

waste water

6.6 – 10 1650 –

1790

1000 –

1984*2

490 –

1114

810 –

1095

1310 –

1560

40 – 260

Khansorthong

and Hunsom

2009

Pulp and

paper

wastewater

7.5

1,175

1,155

Brown

657

587

Azadi Aghdam

et al. 2016