RCRA permitted facilities Articles

In December 2009, Siemens was contacted to treat groundwater for arsenic removal to achieve a 1 ppb goal. The 1 ppb goal limit is equivalent to 10 percent of the current drinking water standard in California and represents the first request at this low treatment goal in the US. The treated groundwater is reinjected on the property to reduce the ...

Challenge A utilities company in Texas discharged their cooling tower blowdown to a surface water source.  New NPDES permit levels were enacted and the discharge now contained copper levels in excess of the new limit. The copper is believed to have come from the makeup water source as well as leaching from the cooling system.  The new ...

Introduction: Contaminated material is removed and transported to permitted off-site treatment and/or disposal facilities. Some pretreatment of the contaminated media usually is required in order to meet land disposal restrictions. Confined disposal facilities (CDFs) are engineered structure enclosed by dikes and designed to retain dredged ...