AN INDUSTRY COMBATS POLLUTION.

The article focuses on the increasing amount of pulp and paper mill fluid waste in California. In a study conducted by the American chemical Society, it is stated that the industry's daily discharge of oxygen-demanding substances was comparable to the sewage of 43.6 million persons. In response to the mounting industrial pollution, various types of treatment equipment were installed by the paper companies. Kimberly-Clark Corporation has formulated techniques to meet the unprecedented quality requirements for the effluents from its new Shasta division pulp and paper operation in Anderson. Information about the problem faced by the company on its applied technique is discussed.