Medical Wastewater
Online Monitoring of Hospital Wastewater at Wuzhong People's Hospital
1 / 3Project Background
Wuzhong People's Hospital discharges medical wastewater whose complex composition — pathogenic microorganisms and harmful contaminants — makes it a high-risk stream governed strictly by China's Discharge Standard of Water Pollutants for Medical Organizations (GB 18466-2005).
Customer Challenge
Hospital wastewater comes from consulting rooms, laboratories, wards, laundries and operating theatres, carrying pathogens, viruses and chemical reagents with acute and latent transmission risks. Compliance monitoring must be continuous and trustworthy — lapses risk secondary contamination of the receiving water body.
The TENGINE Solution
TENGINE's online monitoring instruments were installed at the hospital's wastewater discharge outlet, tracking the four core compliance parameters — COD, ammonia nitrogen, residual chlorine and pH — around the clock, with the whole treatment process kept under real-time supervision.
Implementation
The online analyzers were deployed at the hospital's discharge outlet, with representative sampling of the treated wastewater stream and continuous data upload.
Project Results
The hospital's wastewater discharge is now under real-time, standards-based supervision: treated water is verifiably compliant, secondary contamination risks to the receiving water are closed off, and public-health and environmental-safety duties are demonstrably met.
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