Conventional wastewater characterization indicates
generation of a wastewater that can be classified
as strong nature, having a total COD of
33,000 mg/l as tabulated in Table 2.
Higher COD concentrations than given in literature
for soft drinks industry [10] (approxi-mately 4000 mg/l) is obtained due to the fact that
this industry produces energy drink with elevated
organic matter content. Apart from membrane
technologies, as high organic content is involved
and the soluble COD accounts for over 80% of
the total COD for the wastewater, anaerobic processes
can be applied to meet the sewer discharge
limitations of 800 mg/l COD. The pollution pro-