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ArticleScientific reports2026

Comparative performance evaluation of chemical coagulants in dairy wastewater treatment: a multi-criteria decision-making approach.

Abdullah Al Jobair, Muid Mahmud Khan Kwoshik, Tahmeed Ahmed, Md Touhidul Haque Sajid, A Ahsan, Md Habibur Rahman Bejoy Khan, Mohammad T Alresheedi

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Abdullah Al JobairDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, 1704, Bangladesh.
Muid Mahmud Khan KwoshikDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, 1704, Bangladesh.
Tahmeed AhmedDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, 1704, Bangladesh.
Md Touhidul Haque SajidDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, 1704, Bangladesh.
A AhsanDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, 1704, Bangladesh. ashikcivil@yahoo.com.
Md Habibur Rahman Bejoy KhanDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, 1704, Bangladesh.
Mohammad T AlresheediDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, 51452, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia. m.alresheedi@qu.edu.sa.

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Abstract

This study evaluates the performance of an Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) at a dairy industry in Bangladesh and investigates the potential of physicochemical pretreatment methods using chemical coagulants. Influent and effluent samples were collected three times over three seasons and analyzed for key parameters, including pH, BOD, COD, TDS, and TSS. The results confirmed that on all three occasions, the tested parameters were within the permissible discharge limits set by the Environmental Conservation Rules (ECR) 2023 of Bangladesh. ETP demonstrated high treatment efficiency, achieving maximum removal rates of 98.3% for BOD and 97.1% for COD. To assess the feasibility of pretreatment, experiments were conducted using three conventional chemical coagulants: FeSO

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CoagulantsDairyingWaste Disposal, FluidWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater PurificationAnimalsBangladeshBiological Oxygen Demand AnalysisCalcium CompoundsChloridesDecision MakingFerric CompoundsFerrous CompoundsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationOxidesCalcium CompoundsChloridesCoagulantsferric chlorideFerric CompoundsFerrous Compoundsferrous sulfatelimeOxidesWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalAnalytic hierarchy processBangladesh dairy industryEffluent treatment plantMulti-criteria decision-makingPrimary chemical treatmentWastewater treatment optimization

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PMID41813786
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