As a part of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to provide effluent guidelines to particular industries, whether they discharge wastewater to surface water or publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
This article originally appeared in the 07/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Despite the roar from the municipal water and wastewater industry about the lack of funds for infrastructure, Water & Wastewater News’ roundtable participants seemed to agree that the money is “out there,” it is just a matter of finding the right source.
- By Water & Wastewater News Staff
This article originally appeared in the 06/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Many facility environmental managers believe that their wastewater compliance requirements are properly managed when discharges from “production-related operations and equipment” are permitted. However, other discharge sources, such as building- or facility-related utilities that provide support to company operations, may require permitting or be subject to other regulatory requirements.
This article originally appeared in the 06/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Unfortunately, many of the advances in our industrialized world have come at great expense to our environment. Currently, one of the biggest environmental problems in the United States and other developed nations is the contamination of soil and groundwater caused by accidental releases of hazardous chemicals and petroleum hydrocarbons.
This article originally appeared in the 06/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Since the demise of communism in 1989, many eastern European countries have invested heavily in environmental technologies and cleaner production facilities. The primary factors driving this growth have been the accession to the European Union (EU) and its commitment to integrating member country economies.
This article originally appeared in the 06/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Mercury is getting a lot of attention, both in the popular press and in state and federal regulatory agencies. Combustion systems, like coal-fired power plants, industrial boilers, incinerators, and cement kilns, are sources of mercury emissions to the air. This article outlines the mercury emission regulations that apply to different combustion systems and the best demonstrated means to control these emissions from combustion sources. This article focuses on utility and industrial combustion systems because they are the highest emitters and face the greatest reductions and tightest scrutiny.
This article originally appeared in the 06/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Many wastewater treatment plants that release partially treated wastewater during heavy rains are getting into hot water with nearby residents and various stakeholder groups.
- By Angela Neville, JD, REM
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Proliferation of certain groups provides clues for activated sludge management
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
- By Jim Stafford, Boris M. Khudenko, Rocco M. Palazzolo
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Advances in organic analysis of wastewater using GC/MS
- By Zoe Grosser, Elaine Le Moine
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
When we think of pollution, most of us conjure up images of smokestacks or drums of hazardous waste. But one of the most significant sources of water pollution in the United States today is stormwater runoff, and it merits the full attention of industrial and commercial facilities alike.
- By Matthew Van Patten, PE, CHMM, Michael E. Yost
This article originally appeared in the 11/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.
Since last year, when crude oil prices soared and gasoline topped $3 per gallon, requests for skimmers to be used for recycling oil from plant wash water, municipal wastewater, machine shop coolant, and contaminated groundwater have increased 25 percent according to one major supplier of oil skimming equipment.
This article originally appeared in the 10/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.
The Dead Zone -- sounds creepy doesn't it? But what is it? It's a crisis that's attacking oceans and bays throughout the world, and a reality more frightening than current governmental policies and actions have led the public to believe.
This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.
Each and every one of us contribute to water pollution. "Not I," you say? Well, if you use personal care products, such as shampoos, lotions, or antiperspirants, you do. If you take any kind of medication, over-the-counter or prescription, you do.
This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.
As total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for nutrient discharges have been developed and further revised by federal and state agencies over the years to address water quality concerns, deep-bed denitrification filters have proven to be a highly effective treatment technology used by wastewater plants to meet low total nitrogen (TN) limits. Patented in 1979, the technology of combining denitrification and solids removal in a deep-bed filter process has helped to dramatically improve wastewater quality at treatment plants across the country.
This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.
Flexible design allows membrane treatment systems to fit almost any wastewater application
This article originally appeared in the 07/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.
On Jan. 23, 2006, the arsenic rule was implemented with a new limit of 10 parts per billion (ppb) (the old standard was 50 ppb). The new rule has a broad reach; it affects large and small drinking water treatment systems, including non-community water supplies.
This article originally appeared in the 06/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.