Water
Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Management
A programme in characterising, treating and managing industrial wastewater: pollution prevention at source, selecting the treatment train suited to each sector, treatability tests, compliance with discharge permits and their monitoring, and management of industrial sludge.
Overview
About the programme
Duration
5 days
Training hours
25 hours
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
Training outcomes
- Characterise industrial wastewater by sector and identify its sources within the facility.
- Apply pollution prevention at source, stream segregation and recycling before treatment.
- Select the physical, chemical, biological and advanced treatment processes suited to the type of pollutant.
- Carry out treatability tests and interpret their results.
- Manage compliance: discharge permits, monitoring plans, records and response to emergencies.
Content
What the programme covers
Day 1: characterisation and source reduction
- Wastewater in industrial sectors: petrochemicals and refining, food processing, metal finishing, mining and textiles, and the pollutants typical of each.
- Facility survey and water balance, pollution prevention at source, stream segregation and recycling.
Day 2: physical and chemical treatment
- Neutralisation and equalisation, and oil separation with API separators, parallel plate separators and dissolved air flotation.
- Chemical precipitation of heavy metals as hydroxides and sulfides, coagulation and flocculation, and oxidation and reduction, such as reduction of hexavalent chromium and oxidation of cyanide.
Day 3: biological and advanced treatment
- Biological treatment of high organic loads: aerobic and anaerobic, such as UASB, and the effect of toxic substances on the biological process.
- Advanced treatment: activated carbon, advanced oxidation, membranes, zero liquid discharge systems and evaporation ponds.
Day 4: treatability tests and system selection
- Jar tests and biological treatability tests, and interpreting their results.
- Building the treatment train and comparing options: discharge to the public sewer after pretreatment, direct discharge, or reuse.
Day 5: management and compliance
- The Environmental Law, its implementing regulations and discharge permits, the role of the National Center for Environmental Compliance, and self-monitoring plans and records.
- Managing industrial sludge as waste that may be classed as hazardous, and response to emergency discharges.
- A case study of an industrial facility, followed by the assessment.
Who it is for
Target audience
Environmental, process and utilities engineers in industrial facilities, operators of industrial wastewater treatment plants, and specialists in environmental consultancies.
Method
Delivery method
Lectures and case studies from different industrial sectors, and a group exercise in selecting a treatment train. Examples can be focused on the organisation’s sector and the case study built on data from its facility. In Arabic or English.
Questions
FAQ
Can the programme focus on our industrial sector?
Yes. Examples and the case study are taken from the organisation’s sector, and wastewater analyses from its facility can be used if it shares them with the centre before the programme.
Does the programme cover environmental permit requirements?
It covers the requirements for discharge permits and self-monitoring according to the texts in force at the time of delivery, and does not replace consulting the competent authority on each facility’s case.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.