Treating Industrial Waste Inteferences at Publicly-Owned Treatment Works

Discharges of heavy metals, toxic organics and variable strength conventional pollutants from industrial (and other nondomestic) sources can have negative impacts on the operation of POTWs. Such discharges can result in an "interference" at a POTW. The book considers the sources of and contaminants causing interference, the impact on the POTW, and the mitigation techniques available for interference prevention.

Part I Guidance Manual
Introduction
Detecting Interference
Source Identification
Mitigation
Appendix A: Case Studies
Appendix B: Interfering Substances
Part II û Literature Review, Telephone Survey, and Case Studies
Introduction
Conclusions
Literature Review
Telephone Survey
Case Studies
Results
References
Appendix A: Interfering Substances
Appendix B: Project Forms
Appendix C: Case Study Reports
Conversion Factors