Treatment of hazardous substances in wastewater treatment plants

✍ Scribed by Stenstrom, Michael K. ;Cardinal, Lynne ;Libra, Judy

• Publisher: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 587 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0278-4491
• DOI: 10.1002/ep.3300080214

✦ Synopsis

For many types of hazardous wastes, particularly those contained in high volume, low concentration wastewaters, biological treatment in existing facilities, perhaps in selected publicly owned treatment works (POTWs), may be a better alternative.

The motivation for using existing biological facilities to treat hazardous wastes is very high since there is insufficient hazardous waste treatment capacity. This problem will become exacerbated in the future unless the current hazardous waste facility problems are resolved.