CWACS Pretreatment Newsletter

2 New Pretreatment Job Openings: Salt Lake City, UT

CWACS — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:03:00 GMT

Pretreatment Inspector/Permit Writer. $3,028-$4,010 per month. Closes 6/1/12.

Pretreatment Senior Sampler/Inspector. $2,689 - $3,046 per month. Closes 6/8/12.

https://dotnet.slcgov.com/ManagementServices/JobApplication

OMB Appears Unwilling to Let Many EPA Rules Go Forward: Dental, Nanomaterials

CWACS — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:10:45 GMT

Hi everyone,

Remember that primer I gave you on how regulations become regulations in a recent newsletter? The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plays a significant roll in that process. In fact, they are the ...

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EPA Promulgates Airport Deicing Effluent Guidelines: Not a Categorical IU for Pretreatment

CWACS — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:42:08 GMT

Good Morning.

EPA has promulgated Effluent Guidelines for Airport Deicing. There are NO Pretreatment Standards for this Category (POTWs can already control discharges for BOD/TSS). However, this and the information used to develop this Guideline ...

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EPA Promotes Alternatives to Nonylphenols

CWACS — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:05:30 GMT

Good morning. Nonylphenols are comment detergents used in commercial laundries, car washers and where cheap surfactants are needed. EPA has published EPA Water Quality Criteria for Nonylphenol Ethoxylates. The Criteria are: Freshwater: Acute: 28 µg/L; Chronic: 6.6 µg/L and Marine: Acute: 7 µg/L; Chronic: 1.7 µg/L Colorado, ...

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AWRA Summer Specialty Conference: Contaminants of Emerging Concern, Denver

CWACS — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:10:05 GMT

Hi everyone,

The American Water Resources Association is hosting a Contaminants of Emerging Concern Conference on June 25-27, 2012 in Denver, CO. Also, there is a good CEC 101 training on June 24, 2012, 1pm-5pm (if ...

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EPA Confused? Another Dental Amalgam Categorical Standard Update

CWACS — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:36:06 GMT

Hi everyone,

My previous newsletter reported that EPA had reset the dates to 2013 for the highly anticipated Dental Amalgam Categorical Standard to be proposed. That was on May 10, 2012. Glad I kept a ...

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Dental Amalgam Rule: Latest

CWACS — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:59:39 GMT

Hi everyone. I am at the Region 8 Pretreatment Association Pretreatment Workshop in Deadwood, SD (some great talks at this Workshop). This meeting is happening at the same time as the NACWA Pretreatment Workshop in Pensacola, Fl. Wish ...

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Wastewater Treatment: What % of Your POTW Operational Costs......

CWACS — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:32:43 GMT

Hi everyone,

IMPORTANT: Read the last 2 sentences!

I provide support to POTWs and often that support is at no charge. Weird, maybe, but usually I can answer questions quickly. I sent ...

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EPA's POTW Dumps Untreated Sewage, USGS Newsletter Link

CWACS — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:34:18 GMT

Interesting Link The USGS Environmental Health Newsletter: health.usgs.gov/geohealth/index.html

I got quite a few comments to the article that reports an EPA (Federal Government) owned sewage treatment plant dumped a ...

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Sampling for Local Limits and On-Going Monitoring

CWACS — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:08:13 GMT

Hi everyone,

I do training on local limits (among other topics) and also do local limits for many POTWs across the Country. I get local limits questions emailed to me frequently. The most popular question is: ...

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