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I am setting up a new distillery, and the local sanitation wastewater treatment plant is concerned about what we will be putting down the drain. I will be making rum, vodka, and gin, all from a molasses base. The dunder will go to local farmers, so the plant operator's concern of high COD and BOD and solids is nothing to worry about there. I will be making the vodka/gin from the redistilled tails of the rum run. What I am wondering is, does anyone have the BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand) or COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) numbers on effluent from distilled tails? I have tried hard to search for this but can't seem to find any information, and the wastewater plant operator is really concerned about it as he doesn't know anything about spirit production. I am truly confident that it will be safe to process, especially in small volumes compared to what they receive every day, but I would love to have some sources or hard numbers I can give him. Thanks for reading! -
I realize the industry standard is to flush the effluent down the drain - with exception to those that make biogas from it. Any other uses for it? Anyone know the nutrient content of rum effluent? I realize there will be massive differences between a blackstrap wash all the way to an agricole or panela wash. thanks, NAB
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Some resources for those struggling with waste (including me) Note "EPA" doc is from Australia not USA Tacoma, WA has local code that may give you a sense of the scope Section 12.08 Tacoma has a great "start up" document in the P-1300.....lots of basic stuff to review----that town has a distilling district!! Tacoma, Wa typical City Code SEE SECTION 12.08---Title12-Utilities.pdf Treatment and Reuse of Distillery Wastewater.pdf Tacoma, WA---P-1300-Craft-Distillery.pdf EPA Distillery Guidelines.pdf NYS DEC.pdf
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I am planning a new distillery and am required by the local city authorities to install an alcohol retention tank to guard against any major spill into the city sanitary sewer. I am having difficulty finding any information on how this system might be designed. The local authorities don’t really know anything about it and only stipulate that I have such a tank. What I had anticipated originally was to have some kind of in-line ethanol detection equipment in the sewer line that could control a valve to divert any spill to the retention tank but I have not been able to find any equipment that would do this. Another option was a bit more manual. We would have effluent from floor drains run into our trade waste interceptor (solids interceptor) then continue from there to a retention tank and from the outlet of the retention tank to the sanitary sewer. A valve at the outlet of the retention tank could be closed in the event of a spill and could also be left closed at the end of a work day in the distillery to guard against any spill in the absence of personal. This is of course not ideal but might appease the city. Does anyone have experience with this issue? Thank you,
