Palm oil mills with wet milling process are accounted for major production of palm oil in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Besides the main product “crude palm oil”, the mills generate many by-products and liquid wastes which may have a significant impact on the environment if they are not dealt with properly.  Palm oil mill effluent (POME) is the mixture of high polluted effluent (from sterilizer

Industrial Pollution With the coming of the Industrial Revolution, humans were able to advance further into the 21st century. Technology developed rapidly, science became advanced and the manufacturing age came into view. With all of these came one more effect, industrial pollution. Early industries were small factories that produced smoke as the main pollutant. However, since the number of factories

Wastewater treatment is closely related to the standards and/or expectations set for the effluent quality. Wastewater treatment processes are designed to achieve improvements in the quality of the wastewater. The various treatment processes may reduce: 1. Suspended solids (physical particles that can clog rivers or channels as they settle under gravity) 2. Biodegradable organics (e.g. BOD) which