Scientific and practical principles of regulating technogenic pollutants in municipal wastewater

Summary

The results of statistical processing actual data evidence the lack of linear relationship between technogenic pollutant concentrations at the input of the municipal wastewater treatment facilities and effluent after biological treatment. It proves the lack of the principles of the technical approach used to regulate the customers before 2013 and confirms the fact that the permissible pollution discharge limits shall be set exclusively on the assumption of preventing any negative impact on the public wastewater disposal systems. Permissible pollution concentration limits have been developed and proposed for introduction into the Rules of cold water supply and wastewater disposal.

Key words

treatment facilities , municipal wastewater , industrial wastewater , technogenic pollutants , permissible concentration limit for effluent discharge into the public sewer