Industrial Pretreatment Program

National Pretreatment Program

The Industrial Pretreatment Division administers several programs to ensure the goals of the National Pretreatment Program and the Clean Water Act. The specific goals of the National Pretreatment Program are to protect the sanitary sewer collection system from corrosion and blockages, protect collection system and treatment plant workers from harmful substances, prevent pass-through of treatment interference from pollutant incompatible with treatment, and improve opportunities to recycle biosolids.

 

Major Elements of the Pretreatment Program

  • Conducting waste surveys at all commercial and industrial facilities
  • Permitting facilities that meet the definition of Significant Industrial User
  • Inspecting and sampling businesses and the collection system to assess compliance with discharge limits, and
  • Identifying the source of any pollutants discharged to the wastewater treatment plant that may pass-through or interfere with treatment.

 

 

 

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