Wastewater characterization in metropolitan areas with significant agro industries

Basic principles and details on the assessment of wastewater characterizati on are reported for metropolitan areas with significant industrial activiti es, with great capacity for future development. The conceptual approach rel ated to the evaluation of pollution loads in terms of major parameters is d efined both for domestic and industrial sources. Methods for extrapolating generated data for the future are discussed. A procedure is developed for t he evaluation of the expected industrial pollution profiles on the basis of inadequate data. The proposed methodology is illustrated for Corlu as a ca se study, a region with rapid industrialization in Turkey. (C) 1999 IAWQ Pu blished by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.