Table 2.

Chemical characteristics of the industrial effluent.

Parameter	Measured Value
COD [mg/L]	4703.3 ± 128.6
VFA [mg/L]	911.7 ± 12.6
NH4-N [mg/L]	180.0 ± 2.0
T-N [mg/L]	246.0 ± 3.6
NO3−-N [mg/L]	49.0 ± 1.7
SO42− [mg/L]	331.7 ± 1.5
S[2−] [mg/L]	75.3 ± 6.1
pH	7.2 ± 0.3