The scale of a centralized wastewater treatment plant in a printing and dyeing park in eastern Guangdong Province is 75 000 m3/d.The effluent is partially discharged into the sea and partially reused.The sea discharge section adopts coagulation sedimentation-hydrolysis acidifica-tion-AAO-MBR-ozone treatment process.The subsequent reuse process is compared in terms of treatment effect,engineering risk,investment,operating cost and maintenance,and then activa-ted carbon adsorption and regeneration process is adopted.After the activated carbon adsorption tank was put into actual operation,its effluent COD remained below 50 mg/L within a saturation cycle of 130 days,with an average removal rate of about 45%.The regenerated activated carbon used was tested,and its iodine value regeneration rate and methylene blue value regeneration rate were over 90%and 80%,respectively.The results show that the activated carbon adsorption and regeneration process meets the requirements of effluent quality,saves investment,occupies less land,generates no concentrated water,and effectively reduces operating costs.