46 MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION NO. 106 5, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Table 3. — -Estimated pollution loadings of selected agricultural processing industries 1 



Processing industry 

 (1) 



5-day BOD 



Annual 

 production 



(2) 



Data in literature 2 

 (3) 



Lb. BOD 



per 1,000 lb. 

 processed 



(4) 



Potential 



Potential daily 



daily population 



load equivalent 



(5) 



(6) 



canneries: 

 Apples.., 



Peaches. 



Million pot' nds 



1, 218 



2, 970 



Corn 



Tomatoes 



Canning (total) . 



CORN WET MILLING. _ 



2, 364. 

 9, 790. 



32 gal. 3,600 p.p.m. BOD per case (24 13. 3 



No. 2/ 2 cans) . 



50 gal. 2,000 p.p.m. BOD per case (as 20. 8 



above) . 



19.5 lb. BOD per ton corn processed 9. 8 



8.4 lb. BOD per ton tomatoes processed. 4. 2 



cotton (processed through 

 basic dyeing step) . 



10, 800 1 bu.= l-2 PE 



PE 



4, 600 Sizing 2 



Desizing 96 



Kiering 108 



Bleaching 17 



Scouring 12 



Mercerizing 83 



Basic dyeing 90 



(per 1,000 lb. goods). 



4. 5 



} 68 



1,000 pounds 



44 



169 



63 



113 



1, 370 



133 



857 



Millions 



0.26 



1. 02 



. 38 

 .68 



8 



.SO 



5. 14 



Fluid mild 



Evaporated milk 



NFDM 



Cheddar cheese 



Cheddar whey (dried), 



Cheddar whey 



Cottage cheese 



Cottage cheese whey_~ 



hides and leather 



meat: 



Slaughtering and 

 packing. 



PAPER AND PULP: 



Wood pulp 



Paper and paperboard. 



59, 000 



1,888 



2, 176 



1,157 



20 percent 



of total. 

 50 percent 



of total. 



1,424 



7,500 



10 3 .. 

 10. 5 3 _ 

 25. 3 - 

 24.5 K 

 17.0 3 _ 



350 3 __ 



4 1. 

 4 2. 25 

 4 26. 4 

 4 24.5 



350 ■'. 

 350 3 _ 



1,300 650 gal. 1,500 p.p.m. per 100 lb. hides... 



59,400 14 lb. BOD per 1,000 lb. live weight, 



66,000 300 lb. BOD per ton of pulp. 



96,600 68 lb. BOD per ton of paper. 



4 26.5 

 4 165 



81 



14.0 



POTATOES: 



Chips 



Dehydrated 



Flour and starch. _ 

 Frozen french fries. 



7.1 29.3 lb. BOD per ton raw potatoes . 



2.7 71.1 lb. BOD per ton raw potatoes. 



3.2 57 lb. BOD per ton raw potatoes.- 



5.4 22 lb. BOD per ton raw potatoes. _ 



poultry 



soap and fatty acids. 



SOYBEAN 



SUGAR refining: 



Cane 



Beet 



48, 000. 

 47, 000. 



WOOL SCOURING 130. 



5.31 lb. BOD per ton \ A Q n 



6.64 1b. BOD per ton / Av - **• u 



8 gal. 4,000 p.p.m 



267 



162 

 11.6 



157 



77.6 

 9.7 



500 



64.5 

 1,000 



300 



2, 300 



8, 200 33 lb. BOD per 1,000 birds 



770 1.75 lb. BOD per lb. soap made 1,750.0 



27,200 1.7 lb. BOD per 100 bu .19 14 



800 

 100 



1. 



.07 

 . 945 

 .465 

 .06 



3.0 



.38 

 6.0 



.18 



13.7 



150.0 

 34.0 



27, 

 9, 



000 

 000 



162.0 

 54 



14.6 

 35.6 

 28.5 

 11.0 





106 

 93 



91 

 57 



.64 

 .58 

 .55 

 .34 



10.0 





225 



1.3 



750.0 



3 



700 





085 



4.8 

 .6 



1 Hoover, S. R., and Jasewitz, Leonore B. Agricultural 

 Processing Wastes. Presented at Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 

 Symposium, Washington, D.C., Dec. 27, 1966. 



2 PE= Population equivalent. 



3 Pounds BOD/10,000 lb. milk equivalent. 

 < Milk equivalent. 



