Treatment of Tanning Effluent Using Seaweeds and Reduction of Environmental Contamination

Table 2

Characteristic of lime effluent.

S.NO	Parameters	Range
1	TDS	22,000 mg/lit
2	BOD	3000 mg/lit
3	COD	11,000 mg/lit
4	pH	12–14
5	Hardness	2250 mg/lit
6	NO2	<0.01 mg/lit
7	NO3	<0.01 mg/lit
8	Phosphate	<0.01 mg/lit

value on the pH scale.