BATCH ECC FOR REMOVAL OF ORGANICS FROM HOSPITAL WASTE STREAMS

Presently, scant attention is paid to wastewater generated from hospitals, dental clinics, medical research laboratories and health care institutions; the direct discharge of these effluents ca n damage the environment and create a biological imbalance. This paper deals with the treatment of hospital wastewater by electrochemical coagulation as a novel treatment technique. From the present work, COD removals of over 90%, Oi l & Grease 80%, TS & TDS removal 40-50% was achieved. Higher removal efficiencies we re achieved at applied cell voltages 16 and 20 V.