Wastewater Characteristics of a Cattle Zootechnical Farm – A Case Study

This research highlights the waste types and their principal characteristics produced from the main activities in an investigated livestock farm, especially collected wastewaters from different zootechnical activity sectors. Six monitoring sectors were selected to assess the level of polluting load from the discharged effluents. Constant control of the main imposed quality indicators (pH, COD, BOD, total solids, ammonia, extractible substances) is obviously required and periodically reported to water regulatory management authority, as well as the establishment of viable and efficient directions utilized for the wastes treatment and recovery on-site (direct possible use). The limiting norms of the quality indicators controlled in a few sectors (mainly 4 control sectors) are far exceeded and the trend is to increase the polluting loads, which requires the adoption of serious local treatment measures and the continuation of monitoring the quality status of the effluents generated on the livestock farm.