Water reuse pulp industry

Silva CM, Reeve DW, Woodhouse KA, Husain H, and Behmann H. Water reuse in the pulp and paper industry Evaluation of four microfiltration apphcations. Can. Pulp Pap. 1999 100(5) 38 3. 

In general, the effluent volumes in the pulp and paper industry are huge, even cubic meters per second, and if aU the mixed effluent has to be treated by membranes, high fluxes and large membrane areas are needed. By keeping some water streams unmixed the membrane processes could be focussed on the most relevant streams and then only smaller volumes would need to be treated. Obviously, the membrane purification needed differs depending on the demands of the treated waters in the reuse application. 

Brady FJ. Industrial wastewater UF and RO treatment for water reclamation and reuse. A survey of commercial membrane system installations. 9th Annual Industrial Wastes Technical and Regulatory Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 13-16, 2003, 443-451. Lien L and Simonis D. Case histories of two large nanoflltration systems reclaiming effluent from pulp and paper mills for reuse. International Environmental Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 7-10, 1995, 1023-1027. 

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