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Organic priority pollutants in wastewater

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OSTI ID:5407912

Prior to June 1978, a collection of environmentally concerned groups brought suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to implement portions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA). The court decision, which has commonly become known as the EPA Consent Decree, required the EPA to publish a list of toxic pollutants to be controlled, discharge limitations for those compounds in water effluents, and methods for quantating those compounds. Of the 129 compounds since designated as priority pollutants by the EPA, 114 are organic compounds. The gas chromatography/mass spectrometry methods of analysis, as proposed by the EPA (methods 624 and 625), have been applied to wastewater from the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (ORGDP). All toxic pollutants identified in the ORGDP wastewater are from the volatile fraction. The concentrations of these organic pollutants range from <10 ppB to approx. 2 ppM.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, TN (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
OSTI ID:
5407912
Report Number(s):
K/TL/AT-98; CONF-820418-8; ON: DE82008326
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English