Handbook of Waste Management in Sugar Mills and Distilleries

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This book is devoted to analyzing the factors responsible for the generation of pollutants by sugar and distillery industries and suggesting viable solutions for the problem. It begins by outlining the potential conflict between the demands of productive efficiency in an industry and legitimate concern for the impact of the productive processes employed on the environment and proceeds to indicate in specific detail steps that can mitigate possible damage to the environmental ecology. PCBs pollutant discharge limits, the state of the art technology available for the purpose and the current status of their adoption to meet prescribed standards are then discussed. Wastewater characteristics and microbiological issues involved in wastewater treatment are then outlined. This is followed by a technical analysis of the microbiology of the polluting process, its reaction kinetics and the calculation of the oxygen requirements and so on. The specifics of the Indian situation, the manufacturing process adopted in India, its wastewater generation potential – with its sourcewise characteristics – are then analysed, followed by steps to secure water balance and to minimise wastewater and assesses the efficiency potential of technology available in India. The book comprehensively covers the technical details of the processes of all anaerobic bio-methanization technologies adopted in India. Greatly enhancing the utility of the book for those interested in the two industries, there is a detailed account of the latest law relating to environmental protection, including obligations and responsibilities under each act. Wastewater analysis procedures pollutant discharge norms, legislation for setting up an industrial unit are all compiled as an appendix. In short, the book puts in one place all the information required by those engaged in sugar and distillery industries and is therefore an indispensable source of reference for anyone interested in the sugar economy.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ashwani Kumar

Ashwani Kumar, a Congress Party member of Rajya Sabha from Punjab, and Chairman, AICC Vichar Vibhag, is a practicing Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court and was appointed Additional Solicitor General of India in 1990 at the age of 37. He has appeared before the Court in landmark cases which include the Bhopal Gas case, the Gujarat Presidential Reference case and the recently decided Electoral Reforms case. At 33, he first represented India as a non-official member of the Indian Delegation to the UN General Assembly in1986 and later again in 1996. Ashwani Kumar ahs also served as a Spokesperson of the Congress Party and as member of the Congress Party's Economic Policy Introspection Group. He has travelled extensively and was as Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. He has also lectured at the University of Nice. He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of Parliament on Commerce and has also served as a member of the Standing Committee of Parliament on Energy. Ashwani Kumar is the son of Late Prabodh Chandra, a veteran freedom fighter, distinguished parliamentarian and Congress leader from Punjab.