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Water And Energy Use And Wastewater Production In A Beef Packing Plant, Rami Ziara
Water And Energy Use And Wastewater Production In A Beef Packing Plant, Rami Ziara
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Accurate information about water and energy use and wastewater production in beef packing plants is scarce. The objective of this study was to collect baseline water and energy use data within a beef packing plant with a special focus on antimicrobial interventions and to collect preliminary wastewater production data in addition. Permanent and portable water flow meters were installed on the plant’s plumbing system to collect water flow data from March 2014 to March 2015. A local utility company was hired to meter electricity at antimicrobial interventions using portable data loggers. Metered water flows and temperatures were combined with fundamental …