Dairy Sector
A majority of the waste milk in dairy wastewaters comes from start
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up and shutdown
operations performed in the high
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temperature, short time (HTST) pasteurization process.
This waste is
pure milk raw material mixed with water. Another waste stream of the dairy
sector is from equipment and tank
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cleaning wastewaters. These waste streams contain
waste milk and sanitary cleaners and are one of the principal waste constituents of dairy
wastewa
ter. Over time, milk waste degrades to form corrosive lactic and formic acids.
Approximately 90% of a dairy’s wastewater load is milk