United States             Center for Environmental Research
                   Environmental Protection      Information
                   Agency                Cincinnati OH 45268
                   September 1980
P/EPA    flECHNOLOGY
                        IQRANSFER
The Bridge Between
Research and Use
                     Design Manual for Onsite Wastewater Treatment and
                    Disposal Systems Featured at 1980 WPCF Conference


                   The Technology Transfer  Design Manual for Onsite Wastewater Treatment and
                   Disposal Systems will be distributed at the 53rd Annual Conference and Exhibition of
                   the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 28 -
                   October 2, 1980.

                   Because of the  recent population  movements to rural areas and poor public
                   acceptance of onsite systems in the past, EPA has developed this new design manual
                   to provide technical guidance on the design, construction and maintenance of onsite
                   treatment systems The manual was  written by personnel from SCS Engineers and
                   Rural Systems Engineering. Contract  supervision was provided by the EPA Office of
                   Water Program Operations and the Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory in
                   Cincinnati, Ohio  The manual was published in cooperation with the Center for
                   Environmental Research Information, Cincinnati, Ohio.

                   This manual covers guidelines for (1) design, including such topics as wastewater
                   characteristics, treatment  and disposal methods, and strategy for onsite  system
                   design, (2) construction, including a procedure for conducting a site evaluation; and
                   (3) management of onsite systems,  including a discussion of theory and types of
                   management.

                   Several  EPA organizations have pooled resources to form an EPA service and exhibit
                   center at this year's WPCF Conference. Specific areas of interest to be featured in EPA
                   exhibits are effluent guidelines, controlled and uncontrolled hazardous waste,
                   groundwater and underground injection, water quality management, construction
                   grants, and the research and development contribution to water pollution control.
                   Individuals will be available  at each exhibit to discuss EPA policy and answer
                   questions. We invite you to visit the EPA displays and pick up a copy of the Onsite
                   Wastewater Treatment and Disposal  Systems Design Manual, at Booth No 592 To
                   order this Manual, fill out the order form at the back of this Newsletter (#1012) and
                   return it to CERI

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Sulfide Precipitation Summary
Report for Metal Finishing Industry

The Center for Environmental  Research Informaton has
published a  new  Summary Report  discussing sulfide
precipitation  as a  wastewater treatment technique for
electroplating and  other metal  finishing operations  The
report  was  developed  by the  Metals and  Inorganic
Chemicals  Branch, Industrial  Environmental  Research
Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio It is the second m a series of
control  and treatment technology alternatives  for the-
electroplating industry The first report discusses evapora-
tion as a technique for recovering plating chemicals from
wastewater.

The 1977 Clean Water Act requires that metal finishing
operations control the oxidation of cyanide, the reduction
of hexavalent chromium, the removal of heavy metals, and
pH  Sulfide precipitation is one of many methods available
for removing  metals from metal finishing process waste-
water.

Metals are commonly removed by adding an alkali, such as
hydrated lime or  caustic soda, to  adjust the pH of the
wastewater to the point where metals exhibit minimum
solubilities and will  therefore  precipitate  out as metal
hydroxides.  In  some  metal  finishing  operations, the
hydroxide process may exhibit limited removal efficiencies
due to solubility characteristics of metals at different pH
values and the presence of complexmg ions. If this occurs,
sulfide precipitation is an alternative to hydroxide precipi-
tation. The high reactivity of sulfides with heavy metal ions
and the insolubility of heavy metals to sulfides over a broad
pH range are attractive features as compared to hydroxide
precipitation  Sulfide precipitation can also achieve low
metal solubilities in the presence of complex ions.

Sulfide precipitation can be either soluble or insoluble  In
the soluble sulfide precipitation (SSP) process, the sulfide
is  added as  a  water-soluble reagent such  as sodium
sulfide The  insoluble  sulfide  precipitation (ISP) process
adds a slightly soluble ferrous sulfide (FeS) slurry  to the
wastewater to supply the sulfide ions neededto precipitate
the heavy metals.

This report  describes  the soluble and insoluble sulfide
process  theory,  presents  plant evaluations,  system
descriptions,  and  performance, and  discusses costs and
reliability for the treatment systems and components

To order the report, complete the order form at the back of
this Newsletter  (#8003) and return it to CERI
Addendum to Choosing the Optimum
Financial  Strategies Publication
(Publication  3005)

Since the October 1978 printing of Choosing Optimum
Financial Strategies, two elements that can have a signi-
ficant bearing upon the choice of strategy for  pollution
control investment have changed. Those two elements are
the  Federal  Tax  Law, which  has been  modified,  and
interest rates, which have sharply increased. An update to
the  original publication  has been prepared to describe
these changes and to present a number of examples from
the original publication  that have  been recalculated to
illustrate their effect. Also revised are state financing and
tax incentives and user  charge/industrial cost recovery
systems

Future distribution of the Opt/mum Financial Strategies
report will include a copy of the Update To order a copy of
the Update only, call or write

      Norm Kulujian
      USEPA—CERI
      Cincinnati, OH 45268
      (513) 684-7394
CERI Initiates New
Publication  Series  for Industry

A new series of reports Environmental Regulations and
Technology, is being instituted to inform those in specified
industries affected by environmental regulations,  about
the latest developments  in legislation and techniques for
compliance  The  first report for the electroplating industry
will be available  in October 1 980 Reports targeting other
industries will be produced after effluent guidelines are
promulgated

The electroplating report entitled, Environmental Regula-
tions  and  Technology:  The  Electroplating  Industry
EPA-625/10-80-001, provides the electroplating industry
with a summary of the laws, regulatory activities, and
technologies that can  affect electroplaters' decisions for
wastewater pollution control and solid waste handling and
disposal The regulations recently promulgated by EPA are
presented and water pollution control technologies are
discussed The  report also includes information  on the
current status of sludge disposal regulations, technologies
and operating techniques that can  reduce sludge disposal
costs, and financial assistance available through federally
sponsored programs

A copy of this report can be ordered by completing the form
at the back of this Newsletter (#10001), and returning it to
CERI

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Seminar for  Corrosion
Control in Water Distribution Systems
A seminar on Corrosion Control  in Water  Distribution
Systems, held at the EPA Environmental Research Center
in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 20-22, 1 980, was attended by 1 41
persons,  including visitors from Canada, England,  West
Germany and the Netherlands The seminar, sponsored by
ORD's Drinking Water Research Division of the Municipal
Environmental Research Laboratory, was held to discuss.
the EPA proposal to regulate corrosivity in drinking water
Among the topics discussed at the meeting  were  costs
incurred by corrosion and health effects from  substances
that may be found in drinking water because of corrosion,
regulatory programs  to  control  corrosion,  chemistry  of
corrosion,  and both  water utility  activities  and  EPA
research in  support  of  corrosion  control  Most  of the
speakers and audience agreed that even though corrosion
problems have existed for decades, much work still needs
to be done to understand and control corrosion in water
distribution  and  consumer  plumbing  systems  The
diversity of water quality throughout the United States and
the many kinds of materials used in water distribution and
consumer  plumbing systems make corrosion control an
exceedingly complex problem that defies a simple, univer-
sally applicable solution
Water Quality Management
Trade-Offs Seminar
A seminar on "Water Quality Managements Trade-Offs —
Point Source vs  Nonpomt Source Pollutant" was  held
September 16-17, 1980, at the  Pick Congress Hotel in
Chicago, Illinois  The Center for Environmental Research
Information,  in cooperation with the  USEPA Region V
Great  Lakes National Program  Office, sponsored  the
seminar
The purpose of the seminar was to evaluate the effect of
point and nonpomt source pollution on receiving waters,
especially the Great Lakes  In controlling these pollutants,
trade-offs can be made which will most economically meet
water quality goals Water quality policy issues for  the
Great Lakes were discussed, followed by presentations on
the various pollutant sources and their effects, load reduc-
tions through management practices, and a methodology
for integrating  point  and  nonpomt  source  pollution
assessment
Treatability Manual  Published
Since 1979, EPA's Office of Enforcement  and Office of
Water and Waste Management, with requested help from
the  Office of Research  and  Development,  have been
compiling wastewater treatment performance data into a
Treatability Manual  The first complete edition  of  the
Manual, printed  in five  volumes,  is now available for
review at Region Offices  and can be purchased from the
Government Printing Office The Manual will be used in
developing NPDES permit  limitations for facilities which, at
the time of  permit issuance,  were not fully covered by
promulgated,  industry-specific  effluent guidelines
authorized under Sections 301, 304, 306, 307, and 501 of
the Clean Water Act

The planning group which managed the treat ability project
was chaired by William Cawley, Deputy Director, Indus-
trial Environmental Research  Laboratory-Cincinnati The
group includes participants from  (1) Industrial Environ-
mental   Research Laboratory-Cincinnati,  (2)  Effluent
Guidelines Division, Office of Water and Waste Manage-
ment,  (3)  Permits  Division,  Office  of  Enforcement,
(4)  Municipal  Environmental  Research  Laboratory-
Cincinnati, (5) Robert  S  Kerr Environmental Research
Laboratory-Ada,  (6) Industrial Environmental Research
Laboratory-Research Triangle Park, (7) National Enforce-
ment  Investigation  Center,  Office  of  Enforcement,
(8)  Center  for  Environmental  Research  Information,
(9) Monsanto Research Corporation, (10) Aerospace Cor-
poration, and (11) MATHTECH, Inc

The objectives of the treatability project are

     •  to provide readily accessible data and information
         on treatability of industrial and municipal waste
         streams  for  use  by  NPDES  permit  writers,
         enforcement  personnel, and  by industrial  or
         municipal permit holders
     •  to provide a basis for research planning by identi-
         fying gaps in knowledge  of  the treatability of
         certain pollutants and wastestreams;  and
     •  to set up a system allowing  rapid response to
         program office requirements for generation of
         treatability data.

The  primary  output from this program is a five-volume
Treatability Manual. The individual volumes are named as
follows-

      Volume I -  Treatability Data
      Volume II - Industrial  Descriptions

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      Volume III - Technologies for Control/Removal of
              Pollutants
      Volume IV - Cost Estimating
      Volume V -  Summary

Volume I supplies data on the specific compounds listed in
the Consolidated Permit Application Form 2C (NPDES)
published May 19, 1980. It is intended to provide facsimile
reference  to  physical  data  on  the  pollutants,  their
occurrence patterns, and methods of treatment  and/or
removal. Pollutants are grouped according to the following
chemical categories:

      •  Metals and Inorganics
      •  Ethers

      •  Phthalates
      •  Nitrogen Compounds
      • Phenols
      • Aromatics
      •  Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
      •  PCB's and Related Compounds
      •  Halogenated Hydrocarbons
      •  Pesticides
      • Oxygenated Compounds
      •  Miscellaneous


Volume II provides generic process descriptions for the
industrial categories. The categories not currently included
will be added as sufficient information becomes available

The objective  of Volume II  is to characterize the waste-
waters discharged from the above categories on a facility-
by-facility basis prior to pretreatment and after treatment.
The pollution control methods used with the treated final
effluent pollutant concentrations are  also provided.

Each  industrial  category  is defined according to the
Standard Industrial-Classification (SIC) Codes of the U S
Department of Commerce and  by the general industrial
description found in current contractor draft development
documents  and  published  development documents  on
each  industry. The categories are generally divided into
subcategones which are described when sufficient data
are  available  The total number  of facilities  in  each
category discharging an aqueous effluent either directly to
3  receiving stream  or  indirectly to  a publicly owned
treatment works (POTW) is given in an industrial summary
table.

Wastewater   characteristics   are   provided  for  each
category/subcategory  when  sufficient  information  is
available.  Subcategory  wastewater  characteristics are
broken into separate processes when sufficient data are
available These descriptions include the complete pollu-
tant analyses available in the references. These analyses
generally consist of conventional and classical pollutants,
the 129 toxic pollutants,  and other  miscellaneous pollu-
tants found in the wastewater. The data presented should
be assumed screening quality unless specifically labeled
verification quality

Plant-specific descriptions are also m this volume These
descriptions generally include a treatment system descrip-
tion, plant production, and wastewater flow. Conventional,
classical, and toxic pollutant concentration data, as well as
treatment system  removal efficiency are presented in site-
specific tables

Volume  III  presents  performance data  and  related
technical  information  for 56  unit  operations used  in
industrial  water   pollution  control. These  operations
include 24 sludge treatment and disposal technologies and
32 generic wastewater treatment technologies classified
as preliminary,  primary, secondary, or tertiary treatment.

Each wastewater or sludge treatment/disposal technology
is briefly described, and generalized  performance charac-
teristics are given for the preliminary wastewater treat-
ment  (conditioning) and sludge processing technologies
However,  emphasis  is placed  on the pollutant removal
capabilities  of  the 28 primary,  secondary,  and tertiary
wastewater  treatment technologies. Both concentration
and removal efficiency data are given  for the following
group of pollutants

    (1) conventional  pollutants such as  biochemical
        oxygen demand (BODs), total  suspended solids
        (TSS),  pH, oil and grease, and  fecal coliform.
    (2)  129 toxic pollutants derived by EPA from the 65
        "priority pollutants" listed  in a Consent Agree-
        ment,  Natural Resources  Defense  Council  vs
         Train,  8  ERC 2120 (D.D.C.  1976);
    (3) compounds selected from the  list of substances
        designated by EPA as hazardous under authority
        of Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, based on
        either  a  consensus  of analytical  methods  or
        promulgation under authority  of Section 204(h)
        of the  Clean Water Act; and
    (4)  other  nonconventional  pollutants of concern in
         specififc  industrial wastewaters.

Volume IV presents  total capital investment and annual
operating  cost  information for 78 wastewater treatment
technologies The 78 technologies  are grouped  into the
following  classifications'  wastewater  conditioning,
primary wastewater  treatment, secondary  wastewater
treatment,  tertiary wastewater treatment, sludge treat-
ment, and disposal A general overview of each technology
is followed by discussion of common modifications, typical
equipment, and a process flow diagram. A brief discussion

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of design  criteria is  also  presented,  along  with  any
assumptions used in developing costs for that technology
alone. The cost information for  each technology  is dis-
played in graphs showing cost in millions of dollars versus
wastewater flowrate or pollutant loading, as appropriate
All costs are indexed to September 1 979, corresponding to
an Engineering News Record Index of 3119, unless other-
wise noted (Further discussion is found in Appendix A —
Economic Assumptions.)

The  data  presented  are  generalized,  rather than site-
specific, and estimates derived solely from it are valid only
for comparison purposes Even these comparisons must be
performed with caution because of the possible  differ-
ences in reliability of performance  and cost information
from various sources

Cost data presented have been derived from EPA publica-
tions, open literature, construction  grant files and from
equipment manufacturers' information  Accuracy  of  the
data appears to  depend  on  the frequency of  use of a
particular process. For example, the  costs associated with
activated   sludge  processes  or   sedimentation  with
chemical  addition  appear more reliable than those  for
reverse osmosis or other processes with few examples of
full-scale  installation
Volume V summarizes Volumes I through IV and outlines
their  potential  utility to National  Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System  (NPDES) permit writers  The Treat-
ability  Manual, when used  in conjunction with other
information, will enable permit writers to

     •  evaluate the potential effectiveness and costs of
        proposed effluent treatment systems.

     •  determine  the  potential cost and feasibility of
        compliance with discharge  limitations  under
        consideration, and
     •  develop  wastewater   pollution   control  and
        monitoring   requirements  to be  employed at
        specific sites.

The Treatability Manual  is availble from the Government
Printing Office (GPO). The following information indicates
the actions needed when ordering:

     •  Superintendent of Documents
        U.S  Government Printing Office
        Department 50
        Washington, DC 20402
     •  Stock Number 055-000-00190-1
     •  Cost per set: $47.00 (Volumes I-V)
Workshop on Water Quality
Assessment Methodology
A four-day  workshop was held at  St  John's College,
Annapolis, Maryland, May 12-15, 1 980, on water quality
assessment  methodology for streams, impoundments and
estuaries  The workshop presented  techniques that are
included in  the  manual, Water Quality Assessment-  A
Screening   Method  for  Nondesignated  2O8  Areas
(EPA-600/9-77-023)

The screening method is a simplifiedtechmque that can be
accomplished with the assistance of a pocket calculator
The methodology is intended to be used with little external
data input Consequently, abundant data are included as
tables, figures and appendices

These  techniques were applied to watersheds, streams
and estuaries in the Chesapeake Bay area and example
problems from that study were presented and worked out
by  the participants  The  workshop  was attended  by
engineers, scientists and planners from federal, state and
local governmental units and from consulting engineering
firms.
Conference Announcement
The  "Conference on  Innovation in the Environmental
Technology Industry" sponsored by the USEPA's Office of
Research  and  Development,  Water Pollution Control
Federation  (WPCF), Air  Pollution  Control  Association
(APCA), and Environmental Industry Council (EIC) will be
held November 5-6, 1 980, at the Capitol Hilton, 1 6th & K
Streets, NW, Washington, D C  The purpose of the confer-
ence  will be to  explore  the  key factors  and issues
influencing the development and marketing of innovative
technology in the pollution control industry  Major areas of
discussion  will  be  technology  assessments, venture
capital and financing, impact of regulatory policies, federal
patent policy, investmentfirms perspective, industrial R&D
planning and strategy, and foreign technology exchange
For  further  information,  write  to.  Sheri  Marshall,
Conference Coordinator, Enviro Control, Inc., P 0  Box 827,
Rockville, MD 20851

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Overland  Flow
Seminar Held
The National Seminar  on Overland Flow Technology for
Municipal  Wastewater was held in Dallas, Texas,  on
September 16-18, 1980. Seminar sponsors included the
USEPA's Center for Environmental Research Information,
the Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory,
and  the Office of Water Program  Operations  At the
seminar, approximately 200 treatment  system planners
and designers received the latest available information on
designing and operating overland flow treatment systems
for municipal wastewater. In addition, seminar speakers
discussed research projects and case histories of operating
systems.

Session moderators included: Ancil A. Jones, EPA Region
VI; Richard Duty, Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research
Laboratory; and Dick Thomas, EPA Construction Grants
Program.
Workshop on Stream
Water Quality Modeling
Two-day workshops were held in Annapolis,  Maryland,
May 6-7, and Chicago, Illinois, May 29-30, 1980, on the
use of the  stream water quality model — QUAL II. The
objectives of the workshops were to present the theory
used in the QUAL II Model and to instruct the participants
on its use in a comprehensive basin  planning/waste load
allocation situation.
The workshops were sponsored by the USEPA's Center for
Water   Quality  Modeling,  Environmental  Research
Laboratory, Athens, Georgia,  in  cooperation with the
Center for Environmental  Research Information.  Addi-
tional workshops on usaof this model may be presented m
the future. For information contact Orville  Macomber,
USEPA, Center for Environmental Research Information,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, (513) 684-7394.
 New Capsule  Reports on
 Restoration of Polluted Lakes
 EPA's  Clean Lakes  Program, Criteria  and  Standards
 Division, Washington,  D.C.,  has funded  cost-sharing
 projects under Section 314 of the Federal Water Pollution
 Control Act, as Amended, to restore freshwater lakes for
 public  use. Capsule reports have been prepared on three
 lake restoration  projects  to present the  methodologies
 used in selecting and applying a treatment. Also included
 in the  reports are costs of treatment and the results that
 were achieved. A variety of treatment methods were used
 including dredging, addition of alum to control phosphorus,
detention basins to control sediment and fecal coliforms,
and source controls such as construction of structures to
control farm animal wastes in the lake watershed. The
capsule reports are entitled:

    Restoration of Medical Lake (Washington)
    Restoration of Lake Temescal (California)
    Lake Restoration in Cobbossee Watershed (Maine)

These reports can be obtained by filling out the order form
at the back of this Newsletter with the appropriate boxes
checked #2025 (Medical Lake); #2026 (Lake Temescal);
#2027 (Cobbossee), and returning the form to CERI.
 EPA Active I/A Program
 The Clean Water Act of 1977 and the regulations which
 implement it encourage the use of innovative and alterna-
 tive  (I/A)  technologies  as  solutions  to  municipal
 wastewater  and sludge  management needs.  Special
 emphasis is  given to technologies that conserve or recover
 energy, reduce total costs,  reclaim or reuse water, recycle
 wastewater  constituents, or eliminate surface discharges.
 The current I/A technology  program officialy began on
 October  1, 1978, and re-oriented the EPA Construction
 Grants Program to fund a greater number of these I/A
 technologies.  In addition  to  requirements  such  as
 mandatory consideration of I/A solutions m planning
 future facilities,  a  number  of  positive  incentives are
 provided. These include  increased federal construction
 grant assistance for I/A technologies and 100 percent
 federal grants to correct or replace I/A technology failures.
 By fiscal year 1981, it is anticipated that one out of four

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EPA grant projects will involve I/A technology to some
degree   However,  many  states  are presently having
difficulty identifying a sufficient number of appropriate I/A
technology projects to fully utilize the funds specifically set
aside by Congress for this purpose.

In accordance with EPA Administrator Douglas Costle's
directive, the Agency  has  initiated an  "active"  I/A
technology program in  order to encourage greater use of
I/A technologies and to generate more I/A projects. EPA
staff and organizations dedicated to the active I/A program
include Gary R. Lubm,  MERL-Cmcinnati (51 3/684-7630)
and  Robert  P. G.  Bowker, MERL-Cincmnati (513/684-
7620);  Curtis Harlan,  Robert  S.  Kerr  Environmental
Research Laboratory-Ada,  Oklahoma (405/743-2212)
This new I/A program effort is a necessary addition to
actions which  EPA has  already undertaken,  such  as
establishment of state and regional I/A coordinators, (see
attached list), the  development of  an  I/A  Technology
Assessment  Manual,  the  presentaton  of  special  I/A
program seminars across the nation, and the formation of
an I/A technology clearinghouse and technical support
group  to help disseminate information  and  to  assist m
review of I/A project applications.

The active I/A technology program is a joint effort of the
EPA Construction Grants and Research and Development
Programs The overall thrust of this  program  is to:

      •  Identify   recently  developed  "emerging"  I/A
         technologies ready for implementation
     •  Identify and recommend project sites throughout
         the  country that  can  potentially benefit from
         emerging technologies
     •  Assist local communities  and  their consulting
         engineers with  assessment  and  analysis of
         emerging technologies that may be applicable to
         their specific  wastewater treatment control or
         management problems
     •  Provide   consulting  engineers  with  detailed
         planning and engineering assistance on a project-
         by-project basis.
     •  Assist regional and state  I/A coordinators in
         developing  active  I/A projects by reviewing
         priority project planning information and recom-
         mending  new technologies to be considered.
A special emphasis of the active I/A technology program is
to  provide direct technical and administrative EPA assis-
tance to  municipalities in the actual development of I/A
projects at the local level The EPA is working closely with
local and state governments, public participation groups,
consultants, and equipment manufacturers in  this new
effort. Since the successful development of I/A projects
depends  on the attitudes of these groups, we try to work
individually,   on  a   one-to-one  basis,  to  promote
cooperation
Two examples of active I/A projects which show promise
are located  in  Montrose,  Colorado, and Hanover, New
Hampshire The EPA has  been working with the  city of
Montrose and the consulting firm of Roy F. Weston and
VTR, Inc to  investigate the application of a vertical tube
chemical reactor method of treatment to treat 3 23 mgd of
a  raw  municipal/industrial  high  strength  waste.  The
Montrose project reached  another  milestone on July 24,
1 980 when a field test using a 1700 ft.-deep test well was
conducted in order to verify a laboratory treatability model.
Preliminary results from the facility plan indicate that this
unique application of deep  well chemical oxidation signifi-
cantly exceeds the innovative technology cost and energy
qualifying criteria. This technology also exhibits significant
potential for treating municipal sludge while generating
energy.

In  New Hampshire, the EPA has been working closely with
the city of Hanover, the state, and the  consulting firms of
Hoyle and Tanner and J. I  Associates in the proposed use
of  an anaerobic expanded-bed fixed-film process to treat
2 mgd of domestic primary effluent. Review of the process
indicates  significant cost  and energy  savings  over  a
conventional alternative. In  general, anaerobic systems
are receiving  renewed  attention  as a cost  and energy
efficient method of treating domestic wastewaters  The
city of Hanover is pursuing a facility planning  revision and
work on a design report for this process. In  a departure
from a business as usual  approach, the EPA will be one
member of a joint design  review team and  will provide
direct aid in the further development of this process as it is
undergoing full-scale design. In the implementation of the
Montrose and Hanover projects, EPA will also be encour-
aging sole source procurement and patent exemptions in
accordance with recently issued policy directives in these
areas. Construction would  be initiated  under  an extended
I/A program

Also, as part of the active I/A effort, a number of 40 to 60-
page emerging technology assessment reports are being
completed and distributed in ordertodisseminate informa-
tion on  recent advances  in  the  field  of  waste-water
treatment.  In  selected  technologies,  the  emerging
technology  assessment report describes, the  stage of
development including pilot, demonstration and full-scale,
state-of-the-art; cost and energy benefits; technology gaps
that must be filled, and present and potential impact on the
industry Assessment reports which have been completed
or are near completion include overland flow,  vertical tube
reactor,  anaerobic  upflow  expanded bed,  deep  shaft
technologies, and solar applications  in the treatment of
wastewater  and sludge. Additional assessment reports
will  address  anaerobic  biological  nutrient  removal
processes, aquaculture, wetlands,  dual sludge digestion,
solvent  extraction,  sequencing batch reactors, heat pump
energy recovery, energy conserving materials and design,
air-to-air  heat  exchange,  and hydro  and wind energy
generation

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 Future activities of the active I/A program include a series
 of ten seminars on emerging technology to be held during
 October, November, and December in Boston, New York,
 Philadelphia, Atlanta,  Chicago,  Dallas,  Kansas  City,
 Denver, San Francisco, and Seattle. The Water and Waste-
 water  Equipment  Manufacturers  Association  is
 sponsoring  the seminars with  EPA  as  a cooperating
 agency.

 A similar prototype emerging technology seminar was
 recently held in Boston in cooperation with the Consulting
 Engineers of New England Due to the initial success of this
 effort, the  EPA  hopes to continue to work with the
 American Consulting Engineers Council in this and other
 areas. A second round of ten I/A technology workshops is
 being planned and will include energy analysis and I/A
 case studies

 In order to find out more about the active I/A  program or
 the  I/A program m general, contact one  of the federal
 representatives listed here.
         Contact

Lam K. Lim
USEPA, WH-547
Washington, DC 20460

John Smith/Gary Lubin/
  Bob Bowker
USEPA, MERL
Cincinnati, OH 45268

Curtis Harlm
Robert S. Kerr Environmental
  Research Laboratory
PO. Box 1198
Ada, OK 74820

Natalie Taub
USEPA, Region I
JFK Building
Boston, MA 02203
  FTS
Commercial
426-8976   202/426-8976
684-7611
684-7630
684-7620
513/684-7611
513/684-7630
513/684-7620
743-2212    405/743-2212
223-5604    617/223-5604
Steve Veda
USEPA, Region II
26 Federal Plaza
New York, NY 10007

James Hagan
USEPA, Region III
Curtis Building
6th & Walnut Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Tom Plouff
USEPA, Region IV
345 Courland Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30365

Steven Poloncsik
USEPA, Region V
230 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60604

Ancil Jones
USEPA, Region VI
First International Bldg.
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, TX 75270

Lynn Harrington
USEPA, Region VII
324 E. 11th Street
Kansas City,  MO 64106

Stan Smith
USEPA, Region VIII
1860 Lincoln Street
Denver, CO 80203

Irving Terzich
USEPA, Region IX
215 Fremont Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Carl Nadler
USEPA, Region X
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
                                                   264-9596    212/264-9596
                                                   597-9131    215/597-9131
                                                   257-4015    404/881-4015
                                                    353-2314    312/353-2314
                                                   729-2845   214/767-2845
                                                    758-2725    816/374-2725
327-2735    303/837-2735
                                                   556-8316   415/556-8316
                                                   399-1266    206/442-1266

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                                                      Where to Get Further Information
                                  In order get details  on items appearing in  this publication, or any other aspects of the
                                  Technology Transfer Program, contact the following individual in your region.
       REGION     CHAIRMAN                       ADDRESS               REGION        CHAIRMAN

          1        Allyn Richardson       Environmental Protection Agency         6        Information Center
                                        John F Kennedy Federal Building
                                        Room 2313
                                        Boston, Massachusetts 02203
                                        617/223-2226
                                        (Maine, N H., Vt., Mass, R.I, Conn.)

          2        Robert Bongiovanni     Environmental Protection Agency
                                        26 Federal Plaza, Room 907             7        Charles Hajiman
                                        New York, New York 10007
                                        212/264-0711
                                        (N Y., N J, PR, VI)

          3        Albert Montague       Environmental Protection Agency
                                        6th & Walnut Streets                   8        Dennis Nelson
                                        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
                                        215/597-9856
                                        (Pa , W.Va , Md , Del, D C ,  Va )

          4        Carolyn Mitchell       Environmental Protection Agency
                                        345 Courtland Street, N E               9        Information Center
                                        Atlanta, Georgia 30308
                                        404/881-4216
                                        (N C , S C., Ky., Tenn., Ga., Ala ,
                                        Miss , Fla )

          5        Clifford Risley         Environmental Protection Agency        10        John Osborn
                                        536 South Clark Street
                                        Chicago, Illinois 60604
                                        312/353-3805
                                        (Mich , Wis , Minn  , III., Ind , Ohio)
                                                                                                                        ADDRESS
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Public Awareness
1201 Elm Street
First International Building
Dallas, Texas 75270
214/767-2697
(Texas, Okla., Ark., La., N Mex )

Environmental Protection Agency
324 East 11 th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
816/374-2921
(Kansas, Nebr, Iowa, Mo.)

Environmental Protection Agency
1860 Lincoln Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
303/837-4261
(Colo , Mont., Wyo , Utah, N D.,  S.D.)

Environmental Protection Agency
215 Fremont Street
San Francisco, California 94105
415/556-1840
(Calif , Ariz , Nev., Hawaii)

Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101
206/442-1296
(Wash., Ore., Idaho, Alaska)
                                                  USEPA - ORD
                                                  Center for Environmental Research Information
                                                  Cincinnati. OH 45268
                                                  •513/684-7562

                                                  •This is a new telephone number.

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                                    REQUEST FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER  MATERIAL
             The publications  listed on this form are the only ones available through the Office of Technology Transfer.
                                                         (Check appropriate boxes)
  PROCESS DESIGN MANUALS

  Phosphorus Removal (April 1976)            ...
  Carbon Adsorption (Oct  1973)       .      	
  Suspended Solids Removal (Jan  1975)
  Upgrading Existing Wastewater Treatment Plants (Oct 1974) .
  Sulfide Control in Sanitary Sewerage Systems (Oct  1974)
  Nitrogen Control (Oct  1975)     	
  Land Treatment of Municipal Wastewater (Oct  1977) .
  Wastewater Treatment Facilities  for Sewered Small
   Communities (Oct  1977)       . .             ...
  Municipal Sludge Landfills (Oct  1978)       .       ...
  Sludge Treatment and Disposal (Oct 1979)   .        ...
• Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal  Systems (Oct  1980)

  TECHNICAL CAPSULE REPORTS

  Color Removal from Kraft Pulping Effluent by Lime Addition .  .  .
  First Progress Report  Limestone Wet-Scrubbing Test Results at the
   EPA Alkali Scrubbing Test Facility	
  Pollution Abatement in a Brewing Facility    	
  Flue Gas Desulfunzation and Sulfunc Acid Production via
   Magnesia Scrubbing  ...    .    	
  Second  Progress Report Lime/Limestone Wet-Scrubbing Test
   Results at the EPA Alkali Scrubbing Test Facility
  Magnesium Carbonate Process for Water Treatment   	
  Third Progress Report Lime/Limestone Wet-Scrubbing Test
   Results at the EPA Alkali Scrubbing Test Facility
  First Progress Report  Wellman-Lord SO2 Recovery  Process — Flue
   Gas Desulfunzation Plant                   .     .    ...
  Swirl Device for Regulating and Treating Combined
   Sewer Overflows       .                 ......
  Fabric Filter Paniculate Control on Coal-Fired Utility Boilers
   Nucla, CO and Sunbury, PA      ..       .      ...
  First Progress Report  Static Pile  Composting of Wastewater Sludge  .
  Efficient Treatment of Small Municipal Flows at  Dawson, MN
  Double Alkali  Flue Gas Desulfunzation System Applied at the
   General Motors Parma, OH Facility
  Recovery of Spent Sulfunc Acid from Steel Pickling Operations
  Fourth Progress Report  Forced-Oxidation Test Results at the EPA
   Alkali Scrubbing Test Facility	      ...
  Control  of Acidic Air Pollutants by Coated Baghouses
  Particulate Control by Fabric Filtration on Coal-Fired Industrial Boilers
  Banco Flue Gas Desulfunzation and Paniculate Removal System  .
  First Progress Report  Physical Coal Cleaning Demonstration at
   Homer City, PA	             .    .   .
  Acoustic Monitoring to Determine the Integrity of Hazardous
   Waste Dams           .           .  .           	
• Restoration of Medical Lake (Washington)
• Restoration of Lake Temescal (California)  .
• Lake Restoration in Cobbossee Watershed (Maine)

  INDUSTRIAL  SEMINAR  PUBLICATIONS

  Upgrading Poultry Processing Facilities to Reduce Pollution (3 Vols )
  Upgrading Meat Packing Facilities to Reduce Pollution (3 Vols )
  Upgrading Textile Operations to Reduce Pollution (2 Vols )  ..
  Choosing the Optimum Financial Strategies for Pollution Control
   Systems.
  Erosion and Sediment Control — Surface Mining in the
   Eastern U S (2 Vols )  .  .
  Pollution Abatement in the Fruit  and Vegetable Industry (3 Vots )  .
  Choosing Optimum Management Strategies
  Controlling Pollution from the Manufacturing and Coating of
   Metal Products (3 Vols )                      .  .
  Pollution Control in the Forest Products Industry
1001 0
1002 D
1003 a
1004 D
1005 D
1007 D
1008 D

1009 D
1010 D
1011 n
1012 a
2002 a

2004 a
2006 a

2007 a

2008 a
2009 D

2010 D

2011 a

2012 D

2013 a
2014 O
2015 n

2016 D
2017 D

2018 D
2020 D
2021 D
2022 D

2023 d

2024 D
2025 D
2026 D
2027 Q
3001 n
3003 a
3004 U

3005 D

3006 D
3007 D
3008 n

3009 n
3010 D
 MUNICIPAL SEMINAR PUBLICATIONS

 Upgrading Lagoons	    .     	4001 D
 Status of Oxygen/Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment    ....    4003 D
 Nitrification and Demtnfication Facilities	       ...   .   4004 D
 Upgrading Existing Wastewater Treatment Plants — Case Histories   . 4005 D
 Flow Equalization	     	4006 D
 Wastewater Filtration  	        	4007 D
 Physical-Chemical Nitrogen Removal	4008 D
 Air Pollution Aspects of Sludge Incineration        .    ...    .   4009 D
 Sludge Treatment and Disposal (2 Vols )         	401 2 D
 Benefit Analysis for Combined Sewer Overflow Control  . .     ...   4013 D

 BROCHURES

 Logging Roads and Water Quality  	   5011 D
 Environmental Pollution Control Alternatives Municipal Wastewater .   5012 D
 Forest Harvesting and Water Quality   	501 3 D
 Irrigated Agriculture and Water Quality Management	5014 D
 Forest Chemicals and Water Quality.  .     	    5015 D
 Environmental Pollution Control Economics of Wastewater
   Alternatives for the Electroplating Industry  ..     	      5016 D

 HANDBOOKS

 Monitoring Industrial Wastewater (1973)     	6002 D
 Industrial Guide for Air Pollution Control (June 1978)    	   6004 D
 Continuous Air Pollution Source Monitoring Systems (June 1979)  .. 6005 D

 INDUSTRIAL  ENVIRONMENTAL
 POLLUTION CONTROL MANUALS

 Pulp and Paper Industry — Part 1/Air (Oct  1976)  	7001 D
 Textile Processing Industry (Oct  1978)     	      7002 n

 SUMMARY REPORTS

 Sulfur Oxides Control Technology Series  FGD Wellman-Lord Process  8001 O
 Control and Treatment Technology for the Metal Finishing Industry
   Series  Evaporators   	8002 O
• Control and Treatment Technology for the Metal  Finishing Industry
   Series  Sulfide Precipitation     ...     	         8003 n

 EXECUTIVE BRIEFINGS

 Environmental Considerations  of Energy — Conserving Industrial
   Process Changes   .        	      .   .   9001 D
 Environmental Sampling of Paraho Oil Shale Retort Process    .  .    9002 D
 Short-Term Tests for Carcinogens, Mutagens and Other Genotoxic
   Agents	        ..       ...      .          .   9003 D
 Diesel Emissions Research Report  .  .    ,    ...                9004 D

 ENVIRONMENTAL  REGULATIONS  AND
 TECHNOLOGY PUBLICATIONS

• Environmental Regulations and Technology
   The Electroplating Industry                  ...     .      10001 D
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