Industrial water treatment and industrial marine outfalls： Achieving the right balance

作     者：Adrian W. K. Law Chunyan Tang 

作者机构：Environmental Process Modelling Centre Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637141 Singapore School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 Singapore 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering》 (化学科学与工程前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第10卷第4期

页      面：472-479页

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学科分类：0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 08[工学] 

主　　题：industrial effluent treatment industrial marineoutfalls economic and environmental considerations 

摘      要：Industrial water treatment and industrial marine outfalls both function together to reduce the pollutant concentrations in the effluent and mitigate the potential impact on the environment. The former uses environ- mental treatment technology with energy and material cost considerations, while the latter utilizes the natural assimilation potential of the coastal water environment achievable at the outfall location. Because of their synergistic nature, marine outfalls are now commonly used for the disposal of partially treated domestic and industrial effluents in many coastal cities around the world, with many successful examples of low and acceptable risks to the environment. The objective of this paper is to review their balance from both environmental and economic considerations. We also discuss the end-of-the-pipe and mixing zone approaches for industrial effluents, and give some recommendations particularly for developing coun- tries. Finally, we emphasize that a compulsory and vigorous monitoring program is essential regardless of how the balance is achieved.