Test Yourself
What Do You Know About Industrial Wastewater? Donna Kaluzniak
1. P er the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) industrial wastewater website, industrial wastewater includes
a. agricultural and mining wastewater only. b. all wastewater that is not defined as domestic wastewater. c. commercial and manufacturing wastewaters only. d. wastewater from manufacturing that is discharged to a domestic wastewater plant. 2. P er the FDEP industrial wastewater website, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorizes FDEP to issue permits for discharge to surface waters under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Industrial wastewater permits are issued by the district offices, with two exceptions: NPDES permits for steam electric power plants are issued by the industrial wastewater in the Tallahassee office, and industrial wastewater permitting for the phosphate industry is handled by the a. b. c. d.
EPA. domestic pretreatment program. local government environmental agency. phosphogypsum management program.
3. P er Florida Administrative Code (FAC) 62-660 Industrial Wastewater Facilities, facilities discharging industrial wastewater to waters of the state must meet uniform technology-based effluent limitations as a minimum. Two levels of effluent limitation are established. The first level is the “best practical control technology currently available” (BPT); the second level is defined as either “best available technology economically achievable” (BAT) or
a. best advanced systems technology (BAST). b. best conventional pollution control technology (BCT). c. best management practices (BMP). d. technology-based effluent limitation (TBEL).
4. Per FAC 62-660, an effluent limitation that may be more stringent than a technology-based effluent limitation as determined necessary by FDEP to ensure that water quality standards in a receiving body of water will not be violated is defined as a(n)
a. advanced treatment standard (ATS). b. basin management action plan (BMAP). c. total maximum daily load (TMDL). d. water quality-based effluent limitation (WQBEL). 5. Per FAC 62-660, what level of treatment is required for industrial wastewater that is discharged to groundwater? a. b. c. d.
dvanced treatment A Secondary treatment Tertiary treatment The level of treatment needed to meet FAC 62-520, Groundwater Classes, Standards, and Exemptions.
6. Per FAC 62-660, what type of plan is required under a general permit for sand and limestone mines? a. b. c. d.
est management practices (BMP) plan B Emergency management plan (EMP) Process safety management (PSM) plan Risk management plan (RMP)
7. Per the FDEP website, NPDES Generic Permit for Discharges From Petroleum Contaminated Sites Frequently Asked Questions, coverage under such a permit covers what type of discharge to surface waters of the state?
a. D ewatering discharge from gas station construction sites. b. Groundwater contaminated with gasoline or diesel. c. Stormwater contaminated with gasoline or jet fuel. d. Treated groundwater or stormwater that has been contaminated with gasoline, jet fuel, or diesel. 8. Per FAC 62-660, under a general permit for a wastewater disposal system for a laundromat, design flow must be less than
a. b. c. d.
5,000 gallons per day. 10,000 gallons per day. 15,000 gallons per day. 20,000 gallons per day.
9. Per FAC 62-660, under a general permit for car wash systems, the water contained in the system (tanks, pumps, and piping) that is no longer suitable for use, because of the longterm buildup of salts or other contaminants, must be disposed of at a pretreatment facility or a permitted wastewater treatment facility. This water is defined as
a. b. c. d.
rinse water. spent process water. recycled water. wash water.
10. Per FAC 62-660, under a general permit for disposal of tomato wash water, the hydraulic loading rate of the land application site shall be no more than
a. b. c. d.
0.25 inches per day. 0.56 inches per day. 0.66 inches per day. 1.5 inches per day. Answers on page 62
References used for this quiz: • Florida Department of Environmental Protection Industrial Wastewater website: https://floridadep.gov/water/industrial-wastewater • Florida Department of Environmental Protection NPDES Generic Permit for Discharges From Petroleum Contaminated Sites Frequently Asked Questions website: https://floridadep.gov/water/industrialwastewater/content/npdes-generic-permitdischarges-petroleum-contaminated-sites • Florida Administrative Code 62-660 Industrial Wastewater Facilities: https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ChapterHome. asp?Chapter=62-660
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