<![CDATA[Anaerobic treatment of wastewater with high organic and salt content but low pH (TOC, 14 g/l; salt, 150 g/l; pH,2.7) generated during an “ume boshi†manufacturing process was investigated. Five-fold-diluted “ume boshi†effluent was treated by a draw-and-fill method at a volumetric TOC (total organic carbon) loading rate of 3.0  g/l/d with a TOC removal efficiency of 75%. Five-fold-diluted “ome boshi†effluent was also treated in an anaerobic fluidized-bed reactor (AFBR) at a maximum volumetric TOC loading rate of 3.0 g/l/d, which gave almost the same results as the draw-and-fill method. However, ten-fold-diluted “ome boshi†effluent could be treated in the AFBR at a maximum volumetric TOC loading rate of 11 g/l/d with a TOC removal efficiency of 85%. The methane content in the evolved gas was high, being 70%. The red pigment in the “ome boshi†effluent was completely decolorized by the anaerobic treatment.  Key words :, Anaerobic fluidized-bed reactor, “Ume boshiâ€ÂCo2+ and Ni2+ ions, decolorization]]>
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