TABLE OF CONTENTS Land treatment, in many ways, was rediscovered for treatment of industrial wastewater. In 1934, corn and pea canning wastewater was reported to be applied successfully using the ridge and furrow method in Hampton, Iowa.6 In addition to food-processing wastewaters, pulp and paper, chemical, fertilizer, meat processing, dairy, brewery, and winery wastewaters have been land applied successfully for many years.12 ,36 ,49 The wide variety of industrial wastewaters that have been land applied is illustrated in Table 13.1.
| Industry | References |
|---|---|
| Food processing: | 12, 17, 27 |
| Brewery | 15, 29 |
| Canning and frozen foods | |
| Vegetables | 2, 9, 31, 37, 39 |
| Soup | 3, 21, 32 |
| Fruit, except citrus | 17, 37 |
| Citrus fruit | 36, 62 |
| Pineapple | 18 |
| Coffee and tea | 35, 41 |
| Dairy products | |
| Milk plants | 7, 33 |
| Cheese | 38, 53 |
| Meat processing | 23, 52 |
| Winery stillage | 10, 16 |
| Winery wastewater | 14 |
| Pulp and paper: | |
| Sulfite | 4 |
| Kraft | 5 |
| Semichemical | 58 |
| Strawboard | 40 |
| Hardboard and insulation | 47, 48 |
| Boxboard and paperboard | 30 |
| Deinking | 20 |
| Miscellaneous: | |
| Tanning | 46 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 11 |
| Biological chemicals | 61 |
| Explosives | 34 |
| Wood distillation | 25 |
Because of the rural location of many food-processing facilities, land application has been used widely. Vegetable processing in New York,1 citrus processing in Florida,62 and potato processing in Idaho54 are industrial wastewaters and areas where land application is the treatment process of choice. Soup and tomato processing wastewater were...
