Typical Concentrations of FAT (Organic Oil & Grease) found in sewage

Country / place

Value & Units

Remarks

reference

Australia
New South Wales

48 mg/l

Raw domestic sewage.
Average of 13 samples

Environment Australia (1998)

Denmark

55 mg/l

 

70-100 mg/l

Lipids in raw municipal sewage in an area without industrial contribution.

Lipids in raw municipal sewage in an area with industrial contribution.

Raunkjaer et al. (1994)

France

< 100 mg/l

Greasy material in domestic sewage of rural communities

Pujol & Lienard (1990)

France

40-45 mg/l

Lipids in raw sewage entering medium sized treatment plants

Quemeneur & Marty (1994)

Germany

40-250 mg/l

Effluents from grease traps

Passavant Werke AG (1994)

India

45 mg/l

Raw domestic sewage

Viswanathan et al. (1962)

Israel-Hertzelia

220-280 mg/l

Total O&G reaching Hertzelia Treatment Plant (about half is of mineral origin)

Klein (1997)

 

Israel - Jerusalem

70-80 mg/l

Organic O&G reaching Jerusalem Treatment Plant (2 grab samples only)

Alon (Personal Communication)

Israel-Shafdan

121 (101-137) mg/l

Organic O&G reaching Shafdan Treatment Plant

Greater Tel-Aviv (Shafdan) WWTP (1995)

Singapore

28 (18-46) mg/l

 

Row domestic sewage (400 p.e.)
Average of 12 obs. during 77 days

Chin et al. (1996)

USA

16-200 mg/l

75 (50-125) mg/l

 

147 (100-220) mg/l

Raw municipal sewage

Raw sewage of individual homes

 

Raw municipal sewage of Topeka Kansas (then 120,000 inhabitants)

Loehr & de Navarra (1969)

USA

 

50 -150 mg/l

Raw domestic sewage

Metcalf & Eddy (1991)

USA

70 (45-100) mg/l

Raw sewage of individual homes (typical values)

Metcalf & Eddy (1991)

General

40-100 mg/l

In municipal wastewater

Mendoza-Espinosa & Stephanson (1996)

Quemeneur & Marty (1994)

Forster (1992)

General

4.5 (0.9-8.2) g/c/d

Fats contribution of human defecation

Ligman et al. (1974)

USA

7.7 (4.5-11.3) g/c/d

Fats contribution of garbage grinders in kitchen sink

Ligman et al. (1974)

Italy

16,000 mg/l

O&G of olive oil mill wastewater

Scioli & Vollaro (1997)

Uruguay

1200-1700 mg/l

Raw sewage from cattle slaughterhouse

Martinez et al. (1995)

Germany

25 g /meal

Various types of catering establishments

Bachon et al. (1987)

Thailand (Bangkok)

29 (14-40) g/meal

820 (200-3,200) mg/l

Raw sewage of various types of restaurants in Bangkok

Stoll & Gupta (1997)

 

 




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