PERFORMANCE STUDY OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT OF SLAUGHTER HOUSE, AT GAZIPUR, DELHI

Abstract

The Municipal corporation of Delhi has setup a food processing complex (Meat) comprising of a state of art slaughter house at Ghazipur, Delhi next to the existing poultry market near Delhi & UP Border. In the slaughter house, bovines i.e. large animals like cattle & buffalo and goat and sheep are slaughtered and meat is obtained from them. In a slaughter house the water is used for drinking by animals during lairage, washing saligatring and bleeding areas, washing of dressing halls , cleaning intestines , cleaning of knife , axis , tables & any other equipment in the slaughter house. Further a considerable amount of water is also consumed inside the premises of the factory for the toilets canteen (for employees of the slaughter house complex), drinking and washing of meat dealers, animal traders, butchers, and transporters. Except for domestic water consumption and drinking water provided for animals for lairage, the major portion of the water is discharge as waste water. Slaught...