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Helping an Anodizing Facility Meet Permit Limits

An anodizing facility faced a critical challenge: meeting a pretreatment permit discharge limit of 10mg/L for Total Phosphorus to avoid fines and permit revocation. The influent water contained an average of 700mg/L of Total Phosphorus from the anodizing rinse waters. Traditional methods, such as pH adjustments and chemical dosing changes, failed to reduce phosphorus levels sufficiently.

ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø½øÈë was called in to resolve the issue. The team used the Molybdovanadate Method with Acid Persulfate Digestion to identify the most influential chemistry. Progressive tests were conducted using wastewater samples from the anodizing process, starting at 700mg/L of Total Phosphorus and maintaining a pH of 7.5. Testing utilized a HACH DR 890 Colorimeter and HACH Test Method 10127 for High-Range Total Phosphorus.

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Excerpt: An anodizing facility was struggling to meet a pretreatment permit discharge limit of 10mg/L for Total Phosphorus. If the facility could not retain pretreatment permit limits, they would be at risk for fines and potentially having their permit revoked. Influent water showed an incoming Total Phosphorus averaging 700mg/L. Phosphorus came from the anodizing process rinse waters. pH adjustments, chemical dosing changes, and system changes did not remove enough phosphorus to get below the facility’s discharge limits.

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