[...]... five alternatives for treating wastewater from an industrial plant producing Management of Industrial Wastes: Solids, Liquids, and Gases Figure 1-4 Photograph of a pilot scale wastewater treatment system (Courtesy of Paques ADI, Inc.) 9 10 Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook microcrystalline cellulose from wood pulp This plant discharged about 41,000 gallons per day (GPD) of wastewater to the local municipal... than municipal landfills Prior waste testing and approval are necessary before an industry can ship waste to the site Industrial wastes are normally regulated on the state and local levels, and most facilities are licensed to accept only certain kinds of waste Special state approval is often necessary for unusual waste streams Hazardous Waste Hazardous waste is a type of waste that meets specific characteristics... dumpster, that listed hazardous wastes are not mixed with other nonhazardous materials, and generally that wastes are handled as they’re supposed to be • Choose waste disposal firms carefully Because facilities can be held responsible for clean-up costs of the waste facilities they use, waste transporters and facilities should be chosen carefully 20 Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook • Institute a pollution... to illustrate how each manufacturing process and wastewater or solid wastes treatment or handling process contributes unwanted substances to the air Figures 1-6 through 1-8 are examples of these diagrams Management of Industrial Wastes: Solids, Liquids, and Gases Figure 1-6 Block diagram of a cement manufacturing plant 21 22 Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook Figure 1-7 Flowsheet for the manufacture... the waste stream under consideration In the case of industrial waste, however, few industrial plants have a high degree of similarity between products produced and wastes generated Therefore, emphasis is placed on analysis of the wastes under consideration, rather than on what is taking place at other industrial locations This is not to say that there is little value in analyzing the performance of treatment. .. reactors for wastewater pretreatment is presented in Table 1-5 2,450,000 Rotating Biological Contactors Table 1-6 presents a summary of the capital costs associated with this treatment alternative Also included in Table 1-6 is the estimated quantity and unit cost for each O&M element 14 Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook Table 1-4 Estimated Sewer Use Charges Scenario *Yearly Cost ($) No Treatment 928,000... Solid Wastes from Industries By Janet Robinson Industrial wastes that are discharged to neither air nor water are classified as solid, industrial, or hazardous waste At the federal level, these wastes are regulated primarily by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which contains specific design and management standards for both hazardous wastes (Subtitle C of the Act) and municipal solid wastes... categories of wastes are closely interrelated, both as they impact on the environment and as they are generated and managed by individual industrial facilities Solid wastes disposed of in the ground can influence the quality of groundwater and Management of Industrial Wastewater With respect to industrial wastewater, Figure 1-1 illustrates the approach for developing a well-operating, cost-effective treatment. .. Chapter 7 Then, after the wastes reduction program has become fully implemented, a wastewater characterization study should be carried out, as described in Chapter 6 Figure 1-2 Typical woven fabric finishing process flow diagram (From the EPA Development Document for the Textile Mills Industry.) 4 Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook municipal or regional treatment facilities have pretreatment standards that... wastewater have been established, the treatment objectives must be determined These objectives depend on where the wastewater is to be sent after treatment If the treated wastewater is discharged to another treatment facility, such as a regional facility or a municipal treatment system, pretreatment requirements must be complied with As a minimum, the Federal Pretreatment Guidelines issued by the Environmental .