ABSTRACT
This chapter lists down a framework for water reclamation for this Amul dairy industry. The proposed approach minimizes water consumption by reclamation of the generated waste water. At the same time, some modifications on its effluent treatment plant (ETP) have been suggested to improve its performance in terms of energy consumption and treated effluent quality. Possibilities of nitrous oxide emission from the ETP, an important greenhouse gas, are investigated. The subject of the case study, Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited, widely known as Amul Dairy, is located in Anand. Amul Dairy has two powder plants, one manufacturing powder from normal milk, while the other from skimmed milk. Both the powder plants generate a large amount of condensed water which is of good quality. The ETP at Amul Dairy has a combination of anaerobic digesters and activated sludge systems to treat the dairy waste water effluent.
