wastewater discharge permit Articles
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NPDES effluent guidelines: Industrial wastewater discharge
To comply with the stringent NPDES effluent guidelines, it is vital to understand the mechanisms and interactions that affect the balance in the aquatic ecosystems. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) requires power plants in the U.S. to control their levels of harmful pollutants released in surface waters according to the specific effluent limitations. In this ...
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Meat Processing Plants Discharging Wastewater Beyond Permitted Levels
Meat processing plants often produce a high-BOD effluent that’s difficult to treat. Decentralized treatment and waste-to-energy can be effective in reducing harmful effluent According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 74 of 98 large meat processing facilities that discharged their wastewater into streams and rivers overshot their permitted volumes between 2016 and ...
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Wastewater Treatment Upgrade Helps Paper Manufacturer Meet Environmental Standards & Save on Operating Costs - Case Study
PROJECT DETAILS LOCATION Tivoli, Italy CUSTOMER Consorzio Cartiere di Tivoli SRL SOLUTION Wastewater Treatment, Waste-to-Energy TECHNOLOGIES External Forced Circulation (EFC) Reactor, Oxidation, and Clarification System Sustainability is a primary goal driving businesses worldwide. Across a wide range of industries, a focus on efficiency is helping operations meet government regulations ...
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Wastewater Treatment Plant Monitors Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Case Study
Globally, little attention is paid to gaseous emissions from wastewater treatment processes. This contrasts greatly with the regulatory monitoring that is applied to the quality of water emissions from such facilities. However, in Helsinki, Finland, a large municipal wastewater treatment facility continuously monitors its emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to help in the city’s efforts to ...
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Problem Solved: Environmental Exposures Revealed & Resolved by using the One-Stop Environmental Resource Tool
One-Stop Environmental Resource Tool for: Wastewater Contract Consulting & Management, Wastewater Cost Analysis – Business Analysis and Reduction Guarantee, Wastewater Treatment Improvement – Inspect and Sample, Wastewater Recommendations – Direct/Manage/Execute and Communicate, Wastewater Permits – Operational Discharge & Facility Design/Operate, Wastewater ...
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Training: How to Remove Lagoon Sludge and Improve WWTP Outcomes
What should you do when your town is under multiple and ongoing consent orders for violations of its Montana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (MPDES) wastewater discharge permit? Excessive lagoon sludge accumulation contributes to the poor performance of any treatment system, particularly in winter. Removing sludge from the lagoon cells will improve treatment at the facility and help to ...
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How to Win the Race for Everyone: Waste Management Solutions for Business
Industry will always lead the way in the adaptation of new technology, and especially the technology of conservation. This is not necessarily for any ideological reason, but because the people who manage water use better understand the economic incentives for adopting new technology. Current technology of wastewater treatment is a perfect example of this acceptance of environmentally beneficial ...
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Phosphorus Compliance (ID1592) - Case study
Location: Village of North Branch, Michigan Problem: Phosphorous levels were too high Solution: SolarBee SB4000v12 mixer with chemical injection pump in pond #2; SB1250v12 mixer in pond #1 Result: Mixers reduce phosphorous and village meets discharge permit level "Thumbs up" for Michigan's peninsula: wastewater treatment plant meets phosphorous discharge numbers with help from SolarBee mixer ...
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Frozen Food Applications - Case Study
Introduction Clean Water Technology Inc. (CWT), the creator of the Gas Energy Mixing (GEM) System, offers the most advanced primary treatment system on the market. The GEM System provides superior reduction of total suspended solids (TSS), biological and chemical oxygen demand (BOD/COD), fats, oils and grease (FOG) and turbidity and at the same time provides complete expandability in terms of ...
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Project profile - uranium treatment system village of Marshfield, VT
Background Following a very successful pilot test, AdEdge Technologies Inc. (AdEdge) was selected in 2007 by the Village of Marshfield, VT and the site’s engineer, Forcier Aldrich & Associates (FA&A), to supply and install a full scale uranium treatment system using its AD92 regenerative Ion Exchange (IX) Technology. Given the high naturally occurring uranium of 76 ug/L (nearly 3X ...
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Oil Recovery
Industrial Wastewater Treatment Success Stories Oil Water Emulsion Wastewater Treatment Industry Oil Recovery - Improved Efficiencies A refinery was having several upsets in their biological system due to high loadings of oils after pretreatment API separators and dissolved air flotation units. The variations in pH as well as oil loading is difficult to control and causes upsets in the ...
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Oil Water Emulsion Wastewater Treatment
Oil Water Emulsion Wastewater Treatment Industry Oil Recovery - Improved Efficiencies A refinery was having several upsets in their biological system due to high loadings of oils after pretreatment API separators and dissolved air flotation units. The variations in pH as well as oil loading is difficult to control and causes upsets in the downstream processes. In reviewing the situation, ...
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Are you drowning in Environmental Data While Starving for Information?
Untitled Document A recent article in the Harvard Business Review entitled “IT Doesn't Matter” generated a lot of discussions and an enormous amount of controversy. IT stands for Information Technology. The premise of the article is that information technology is becoming less relevant as a strategic management tool because it has become more accessible and affordable to all. ...
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