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City of
Aberdeen
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Industrial Pretreatment Program
In 1996 the Aberdeen
Industrial Pretreatment Program was awarded the EPA National Award for
Outstanding Pretreatment Program Implementation. |
Industrial Pretreatment Program What is a “pretreatment
program”?
An industrial pretreatment program is a program by which sewage
discharges from controllable sources of pollutants (industries) are
regulated. Monitoring of the industrial discharge takes place and a
determination is made as to what, if any, chemicals can be discharged
into the sewer system. This is done in order to protect the wastewater
treatment plant from hazardous pollutants. The pollutants can affect the
treatment plant and collection system workers, the treatment performance
of the plant, or pass through the plant untreated and harm Moccasin
Creek. Several industries in Aberdeen are regulated through this program.
The mechanism used to regulate all of the controllable discharges is
Chapter 24 of the Revised Ordinances of Aberdeen (better known as
Aberdeen’s sewer use ordinance). Through this Ordinance, certain
industries are issued discharge permits which detail the concentration
of pollutants which can be safely discharged to the sanitary
sewer system. If an industry exceeds the concentrations listed in the
permit (or any other condition listed) then the city will take
enforcement against the industry to insure compliance with the
Ordinance. Enforcement can range from written warnings to fines to
severing the sewer service. Compliance status of permitted Industrial Users Currently all permitted users are in compliance with the sewer use ordinance. If an industry violates a provision of its permit the industry name, nature and duration of the violation will be listed here. Industrial User Information Metal Products & Machinery Rule Information can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/ost/guide/mpm/index.html. Comments regarding the proposed rules were to have been submitted by July 3, 2001. These rules may impact any current metal finishing operations, regardless of discharge amounts.
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