Elements and Performance Criteria
- Manage water treatment processes
- Identify uses of water within the plant and the related quality requirements for each use
- Establish appropriate treatment methods to meet treatment requirements
- Identify environmental considerations for water treatment, and select and apply treatment options to minimise environmental impact
- Develop or review procedures for treating water
- Manage wastewater treatment and disposal
- Identify sources and characteristics of wastewater generated across food processing operations
- Evaluate methods for treating and recycling water
- Implement appropriate treatment methods
- Determine legal requirements for water discharge
- Identify and monitor factors affecting the cost of water discharge
- Identify conditions that could result in non-compliance, and implement control methods to prevent them from occurring
- Develop or review procedures for treatment of wastewater to ensure compliance with trade waste standards, and to minimise environmental impact
- Research and implement opportunities to reduce the volume of trade waste and to improve treatment methods