Performance Evaluation of a Common Effluent Treatment Plant Treating Mixed Industrial Effluents in Western India Using the Wastewater Quality Index and Statistical Analysis
Randomized trial evaluates wastewater treatment performance in Western India, suggesting key quality parameters influence outcomes.
Key Points
This study aims to evaluate the performance of a CETP treating mixed industrial effluents using multiple wastewater quality parameters.
Evaluated performance using 11 wastewater quality parameters.
Sampled effluent after primary and secondary treatment and compared it to influent.
Applied principal component analysis and Pearson correlation analysis to assess relationships among parameters.
CETP met discharge norms for most parameters except ammoniacal nitrogen and total Kjeldahl nitrogen.
Principal component analysis showed the first three components explained 83.3% and 85.7% of variance in influent and treated effluent data, respectively.
Wastewater quality index revealed influent quality as poor and treated effluent as regular in most sampling events.