Emissions monitoring system helps wastewater treatment plants comply with air, water regs
- ENSR Consulting and Engineering, Acton, MA (United States)
Publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) for years have been subject to stringent water treatment, sludge disposal and effluent discharge requirements. Besides these water-related regulations, POTW operators face several new regulations aimed at minimizing and controlling releases of air toxics. The new regulations include CWA's Part 503 sludge disposal requirements, finalized Feb. 19, and several requirements to be promulgated as a result of the CAA Amendments. The Part 503 rules target all forms of sludge disposal, including incineration; the new CAA rules are expected to address emissions from wastewater treatment and sludge incineration. Compliance with the CWA Part 503 rules for sludge incineration targets emissions of heavy metals. It will require each sludge incinerator to determine the metals content of its sludge, the metal control efficiency of the installed air pollution control equipment, and the dispersion characteristics of the stack gases. Ground-level concentrations of each metal will then be predicted, and the predicted values will be compared to allowable levels. The new CWA sludge incineration regulations require continuous stack-emissions monitoring for total hydrocarbons.
- OSTI ID:
- 6145507
- Journal Information:
- Hazmat World; (United States), Journal Name: Hazmat World; (United States) Vol. 6:9; ISSN HMWOED; ISSN 0898-5685
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
CHEMICAL WASTES
CLEAN AIR ACTS
CLEAN WATER ACTS
COMPLIANCE
CONTROL
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INCINERATORS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
LAWS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
MONITORING
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
REGULATIONS
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SLUDGES
STACK DISPOSAL
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER TREATMENT PLANTS