Summary:

The article presents an example of technological system of industrial wastewater treatment of highly organic load applied to one of the national phar-maceutical companies. The contents of the experimental study the effectiveness of removing organic compounds from wastewater during anaerobic treatment in UASB type reactor. During wastewater treatment in mesophilic conditions at the assumed minimum threshold for COD-Cr reduction of 50%, the load of the reactor COD-Cr load should not exceed 3 gO2∙dm-3∙d-1.