Removal, Transportation, and Treatment of Metal Contaminated Wastewater

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A leading wire manufacturer was facing a serious problem: with the production of various waste byproducts at its locations across the southeast United States, they needed one source to process its oily wastewater. With wastewater copper concentrations from 50 to 10,000 mg/l, this type of waste was no stranger to Environmental Remedies, LLC.

To solve the problem, we now provide tanker wastewater transportation to our client's plants, returning the material to our Atlanta, Georgia permitted industrial wastewater treatment plant. Once at our facility, the waste is pretreated for discharge to the City of Atlanta municipal wastewater treatment plant. Please see below for waste characteristics and treatment method details.

Contaminated Wastewater Characteristics:

Total Solid:	3%
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD):	70,000 mg/l
Antimony (Sb):	15 mg/l
Chromium (Cr):	1.5 mg/l
Copper (Cu):	100 mg/l
Lead (Pb):	3 mg/l
Nickel (Ni):	1.5 mg/l
Zinc (Zn):	73 mg/l

Wastewater Treatment Method:

Dedicated tank for chemical/physical treatment to insure removal of metals prior to introduction into the general waste influent process
Biological treatment for removal of dissolved organics and COD reduction

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