# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2119 of 20 November 2015 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the production of wood-based panels (notified under document C(2015) 8062) (Text with EEA relevance), 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.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Descriptions of the techniques are given in Section 1.4.2.
Technique
Applicability
a
Mechanical separation of coarse materials by screens and sieves
Generally applicable
b
Physico-chemical separation, e.g. using sand filters, dissolved air flotation, coagulation and flocculation
c
Biological 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
Parameter
BAT-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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/2119/annex/division/3/division/1.3/division/bat+27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-2119/annex/division-3/division-1.3/division-bat+27
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