Things to know about Wastewater Treatment for Automobile Industries

A fast emerging industry, Automobile experiences rapid advancements in technology with every
passing day. The swift evolution over the years has greatly enhanced the industry’s production
capacity.

Composition of wastewater released by automobile industry

The automobile industry uses water for washing, rinsing and painting. Some commonly found
contaminants in the effluents are metals, oils, grease, dyestuff, detergents, chromium, phosphates,
paint residuals etc.

Wastewater Treatment Solutions in the Automotive Industry

The effluents that are discharged from this industry need to be treated/re-cycled. Hence, installing a
waste water treatment plant becomes a prerequisite. The ETP plays a major role in eliminating the
pollutants and contaminants present in the water to an acceptable level before releasing it out in
nature. There are major processes involved in ETP for automobile industries. They are:-

1. Physical Process
2. Chemical Process
3. Biological Process

The certain steps that are involved in the treatment process are:

Primary Treatment: The pre-treated wastewater enters into a primary tank where chemical process
like coagulation, flocculation and neutralization takes place. The heavy solids settle down at the
bottom while the floatables like oil, grease and other light solids are skimmed off. The settled solids
are the Primary Sludge and remaining wastewater is directed to next level of treatment.

Secondary Treatment: The stage of treatment involves biological process. This process can be both
aerobic and anaerobic depending on the quality of the effluent. But mostly the ETP’s use aerated
sludge process (aerobic process) for effectiveness.
Tertiary Treatment: An important step in ETP, disinfection of treated wastewater happens by using
chlorine, ozone and UV light. It removes residual suspended solids that were left behind from the
previous stages. The water finally becomes suitable and ready to be released into the nature.

Other technologies that fit well for various parts of treating the wastewater, especially for Zero
Liquid Discharge are:

• Reverse Osmosis Plant (RO System)

• Evaporation and Drier Systems
• Heavy Metal Removal Systems

With Rochem India, our clients have the convenience of choosing from a range customized
wastewater treatment/re-cycle solution as per their needs. Rochem India has been providing the
wastewater solutions to automobile industry for more than a decade. The ETP – RO plant by Rochem
India is all that the industry needs to successfully & efficiently treat the wastewater!

We offer excellent water treatment and recycling technology that adapts to the changing needs of
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