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POME Characteristics and Regulatory Standards by Julie Mahadi is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Table 1.3 and Table 2.1 summarize the typical characteristics of raw palm oil mill effluent (POME), including high levels of biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, total solids, and other pollutants. The Malaysian government implemented regulations to reduce POME pollution by setting effluent standards and charges. Specifically, mills were required to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand from an untreated level of 25,000 mg/L to below 5000 mg/L within one year, and below 100 mg/L by 1984, in an
- Author
- Julie Mahadi
- Language
- EN