How to react to a wastewater violation notice

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Pollution Engineering; (United States)

OSTI ID:7105450

LaHue, C; Wickham, J; Scott, K ^[1]

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1. Smith and Loveless, Lenexa, KA (United States)

In the 20 years since the Clean Water Act was passed, local, state and federal regulating agencies continuously have tightened limitations on industrial wastewater discharges. These regulatory changes have resulted in more violation notices and greater wastewater treatment expenses. Today, every business producing some form of wastewater potentially is subject to wastewater composite sampling and reporting to local regulatory agencies. The key to responding to a violation notice is understanding the problem. Expense often is the major issue when choosing which treatment system is most appropriate. Treatment system costs can vary drastically depending on what is needed. Eliminating metals from a wastewater treatment system down to very low levels, however, will require more expensive chemical precipitation systems followed by filtration. If the required levels are unobtainable at an economical cost, the company may want to investigate in-house process changes, alternative discharge options or reuse possibilities.

• OSTI ID: 7105450
• Journal Information: Pollution Engineering; (United States), Vol. 26:4; ISSN 0032-3640
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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