Table 2.

Physicochemical characteristics of raw brewery wastewater in mg l^− 1 except for temperature and pH

Parameter	Mean ± SD	Range
BOD5	1144 ± 431	667–1505
COD	2402 ± 1619	950–4149
NO3− - N	11.27 ± 5.20	6.83–19
NH4+ − N	22.78 ± 3.91	15–34
SO4−2	15.33 ± 5.13	11–21
TKN	32.66 ± 6.81	25–38
TDS	2786 ± 960	1908–3811
TSS	2959 ± 123	2885 -
PO43−-P	23.33 ± 8.33	14–30
T (°C)	31.33 ± 6.11	26–38
pH	6.36 ± 0.85	5.4–7