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Division BAT 27 In order to reduce emissions to water from wood fibre production, BAT is to use a combination of the techniques given below.

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Descriptions of the techniques are given in Section 1.4.2.

TechniqueApplicability
aMechanical separation of coarse materials by screens and sievesGenerally applicable
bPhysico-chemical separation, e.g. using sand filters, dissolved air flotation, coagulation and flocculationf1
cBiological treatment

Table 7

BAT-associated emission levels (BAT-AELs) for the direct discharge to a receiving water body of process waste water from wood fibre production

ParameterBAT-AELs(average of samples obtained during one year)
mg/l
TSS 5–35
COD 20–200

The associated monitoring is in BAT 14.

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Footnotes

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Descriptions of the techniques are given in Section 1.4.2.