Lime plays a crucial part in the treatment of waste waters and does
so in a way that is both economic and effective. The neutralisation of acidic
effluent, a waste product of a variety of industrial processes, can be safely
achieved with a milk produced from hydrated lime or quicklime. The addition of
lime also has the benefit of eliminating evil smelling odours. Lime is therefore
ensures that the potential hazards of toxic organic wastes, heavy metals pathogenic
germs and bacteria and malodorants are largely removed.