Chapter 7
Reduction of Seafood Processing
Wastewater Using Technologies
Enhanced by Swim–Bed Technology
Bakar Radhi Baker, Radin Maya Saphira Radin Mohamed,
Adel Ali Saeed Al-Gheethi, and Hamidi Abdul Aziz
Abstract The increasing growth of the seafood processing industries considerably
requires more industrial process activities and water consumption. It is estimated
that approximately 10–40 m
3 of wastewater is generated from those industries for
processing one-tonne of raw materials. Due to limitations and regulations in natural
resources utilization, a suitable and systematic wastewater treatment plant is very
important to meet rigorous discharge standards. As a result of food waste biodegradability, the biological treatment and some extent of swim-bed technology, including a
novel acryl-fibre (biofilm) material might be used effectively to meet the effluent discharge criteria. This chapter aims to develop understanding on current problems and
production of the seafood wastewater regarding treatment efficiency and methods of
treatment.
Keywords Seafood processing industries · High-strength wastewater · Treatment
methods · Biological treatment
B. R. Baker
Department of Structures and Water Resources, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa,
54003 Kufa, Najaf Governorate, Iraq
B. R. Baker · R. M. S. Radin Mohamed (B) · A. A. S. Al-Gheethi (B)
Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Micro-Pollution Research Centre (MPRC), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
(UTHM), 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
e-mail: maya@uthm.edu.my
A. A. S. Al-Gheethi
e-mail: adel@uthm.edu.my
H. A. Aziz
School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong
Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
Solid Waste Management Cluster, Science and Technology Research Centre, Universiti Sains
Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. A. S. Al-Gheethi et al. (eds.), Prospects of Fresh Market Wastes Management
in Developing Countries, Water Science and Technology Library 92,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42641-5_7
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Reduction of Seafood Processing
Wastewater Using Technologies
Enhanced by Swim–Bed Technology
Bakar Radhi Baker, Radin Maya Saphira Radin Mohamed,
Adel Ali Saeed Al-Gheethi, and Hamidi Abdul Aziz
Abstract The increasing growth of the seafood processing industries considerably
requires more industrial process activities and water consumption. It is estimated
that approximately 10–40 m
3 of wastewater is generated from those industries for
processing one-tonne of raw materials. Due to limitations and regulations in natural
resources utilization, a suitable and systematic wastewater treatment plant is very
important to meet rigorous discharge standards. As a result of food waste biodegradability, the biological treatment and some extent of swim-bed technology, including a
novel acryl-fibre (biofilm) material might be used effectively to meet the effluent discharge criteria. This chapter aims to develop understanding on current problems and
production of the seafood wastewater regarding treatment efficiency and methods of
treatment.
Keywords Seafood processing industries · High-strength wastewater · Treatment
methods · Biological treatment
B. R. Baker
Department of Structures and Water Resources, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa,
54003 Kufa, Najaf Governorate, Iraq
B. R. Baker · R. M. S. Radin Mohamed (B) · A. A. S. Al-Gheethi (B)
Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Micro-Pollution Research Centre (MPRC), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
(UTHM), 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
e-mail: maya@uthm.edu.my
A. A. S. Al-Gheethi
e-mail: adel@uthm.edu.my
H. A. Aziz
School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong
Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
Solid Waste Management Cluster, Science and Technology Research Centre, Universiti Sains
Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. A. S. Al-Gheethi et al. (eds.), Prospects of Fresh Market Wastes Management
in Developing Countries, Water Science and Technology Library 92,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42641-5_7
101