Potential organic matter management for industrial wastewater guidelines using advanced dissolved organic matter characterization tools
Sang Yeob Kim (Sejong University, TU Delft - BN/Cees Dekker Lab, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education)
Ji Won Park (Sejong University)
Jin Hyung Noh (Sejong University)
Young Ho Bae (Korea Environment Corporation )
Sung Kyu Maeng (Sejong University)
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Abstract
Since 2021, national standards of South Korea for industrial wastewater discharge to surface water have changed from chemical oxygen demand to total organic carbon for the organic matter. Conventional organic matter parameters (e.g., biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand and total organic carbon) are limited means of understanding the behavior of dissolved organic matter in industrial wastewater treatment processes. Thus, the current study used advanced dissolved organic matter characterization tools (e.g., fluorescence excitation emission matrix and size exclusion chromatography-organic carbon detection) to scrutinize industrial wastewater characteristics from three full-scale industrial wastewater treatment plants (IWTPs). The tools were conducive to tracking industrial wastewater sources of total organic carbon, influencing the overall performance of IWTPs, and proposing alternative processes to lower total organic carbon concentration in the effluent. The results of this study suggest that the diagnosis of IWTPs based on dissolved organic matter characteristics could be a useful tool for providing more insight into total organic carbon management.