Skimming oily wastewater
As large generators of oily wastewater tighten effluent controls, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is targeting smaller generators. Some of the firms receiving their attention are smaller manufacturing plants, automotive garages, mobile equipment service shops and truck farms. Many of these firms do not have access to a sanitary sewer system that will accept oily wastewater. One EPA concern is that oily wastewater will find its way into an underground aquifer that is a source of drinking water. Many oily wastes contain organic and inorganic chemicals in concentrations that exceed the primary drinking water standards established by the Safe Drinking Water Act. So the focus of one EPA program is aimed at preventing contamination of groundwater by controlling oil wastewater at the generator`s site.
- OSTI ID:
- 398158
- Journal Information:
- Pollution Engineering, Journal Name: Pollution Engineering Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 28; ISSN PLENBW; ISSN 0032-3640
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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