U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	MARCH 1, 1574
SEMINAR PUBLICATIONS FEATURED AT
WPCFCONFERENCE
Technology Transfer featured the design semi-
nar program, both municipal and industrial, at
the 1973 Water Pollution Control Federation Con-
ference held September 30-October 5 in Cleve-
land, Ohio. This year's exhibit highlighted semi-
nar publications developed throughout the past
year for use within the design seminar program.
The first five in the municipal area were distrib-
uted at the exhibit and over 3,000 sets were re-
ceived by the Conference attendees. Thousands
of requests have been received, since the Con-
ference, for these publications.
The set consists of the following publications:
• "Nitrification & Denitrification Facilities
Wastewater Treatment" by Metcalf & Eddy, Engi-
neers, (Dr. Clair Sawyer, primary author). This
publication includes sections on the factors af-
fecting nitrification kinetics, design criteria of ni-
trification systems, and denitrification by sus-
pended growth systems.
•	"Upgrading Existing Wastewater Treatment
Plants—Case Histories" by Hazen and Sawyer.
This publication includes sections on upgrading
through biological process modifications, solids
retention time, and case histories on Greensboro,
North Carolina; Livermore, California; New York,
N.Y. and upgrading an existing trickling filter
plant by the addition of activated sludge ahead
of the filters.
•	"Physical-Chemical Wastewater Treatment
Plant Design" by CH2M/Hill. This publication in-
Mr. Francis Mayo, Regional Administrator, E.P.A., Region V, Cleveland Conference. Bob Madancy of Technology Trans-
and Mr. Ralph Purdy, State of Michigan Water Resources fer Staff and Ken Suter, Technology Transfer Chairman,
Commission, at Technology Transfer Exhibit area at WPCF Region III, are in background.

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eludes sections on preliminary data collection,
selection of coagulants, carbon adsorption, proc-
ess design, and physical-chemical treatment of
small waste flows. Also included are design proj-
ect descriptions on Niagara Falls, N.Y. and Fitch-
burg, Massachusetts by Camp, Dresser & McKee,
Inc.
•	"Upgrading Lagoons" by Brown and Cald-
well, Consulting Engineers. This publication in-
cludes sections on lagoons in waste treatment,
techniques for upgrading lagoons and examples
of upgrading ponds at Sunnyvale, California; Los
Banos, California; and Stockton, California.
•	"Oxygen Activated Sludge Wastewater Treat-
ment Systems—Design Criteria and Operating
Experience" by Union Carbide Corporation and
Metcalf and Eddy, Engineers. This publication
includes sections on Unox-system description,
operating data and experience, process design,
process safety, economic considerations, and
specifications for final settling tanks and oxygen-
ation tanks.
"THE WATER PLAN"—NEW TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER MOTION PICTURE
Technology Transfer now has available for loan
a third motion picture depicting the successful
implementation of new technology. Entitled "The
Water Plan," this 28-minute 16mm film was pro-
duced for Technology Transfer by Production
House, Inc., of San Francisco, California.
The film presents the development and current
implementation of the water quality management
plan for the Alameda Creek Watershed in sub-
urban San Francisco. This particular plan in-
volves: a) upgrading two wastewater treatment
facilities to "advanced waste treatment," includ-
ing nutrient removal, producing an effluent suit-
able for reuse; b) conveyance of the reclaimed
wastewater to a reservoir to be constructed; c)
development of associated recreational facilities
at the reservoir; and d) potential recycling of re-
claimed wastewater. The cooperative efforts of
the Alameda County Flood Control and Water
Conservation District, the City of Livermore, the
City of Pleasanton, and the Valley Community
Services District played a major role in develop-
ment of the plan.
Production House (selected by competitive bid-
ding to produce this film) is a company with
broad experience in producing motion pictures.
Its more than 100 clients include Ford Motor
Company, Proctor & Gamble, NASA, and Japan
Airlines; and its past productions cover such
topics as drug abuse, urban renewal, communi-
cations satellites, auto safety, and the electric
power industry.
Requests for loan of this, and other Tech-
nology Transfer films, can be made by forwarding
the form in the back of this fact sheet.
TECHNICAL CAPSULE REPORT ON
LIMESTONE WET-SCRUBBING NOW
AVAILABLE
A technical capsule report covering the prog-
ress at the EPA alkali scrubbing prototype dem-
onstration facility at the TVA Shawnee Power
Station is now available. This capsule report is
one of a series that will be prepared as further
test data on the scrubbing facility is developed
The test facility consists of three parallel scrub-
bing systems: a venturi followed by a spray tower;
a turbulent contact absorber; and a marble-bed
absorber. Each system is capable of treating
approximately 10MW equivalent (30,000 acfm) of
flue gas containing 2300 to 3300 ppm of S02.
The capsule report covers the progress on the
short-term factorial tests and reliability verifica-
tion tests for the program of air/water testing,
sodium carbonate testing, and limestone testing.
Long term (4 to 10 months) limestone testing and
lime testing results will be covered in future
capsule reports.
Testing to date, has yielded SO? removal effi-
ciencies of 40 to 80% for the venturi and spray
tower with liquid-to-gas ratios of 80 gal./mcf, 80
to 96% for the turbulent contact absorber, and
40 to 80% for the marble-bed scrubber depend-
ing on the test conditions. Thus far the opera-
bility and reliability of the scrubber systems have
been good.
For your copy of this capsule report, use the
order blank at the back of this fact sheet.

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AICHE/EPA SPONSOR NATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON CONTROL OF
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILLS
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
and the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers are co-sponsoring the 1974 Na-
tional Conference on Control of Hazardous
Material Spills.
The three day meeting will be held in the
St. Francis Hotel, in San Francisco August
25-28, 1974. The conference will be devoted
to technical discussions on the following
subjects:
Control Technology
Spill Prevention
Detection and Identification
Response Plans
Legal and Financial Problems
Environmental Impact
For conference information write:
Mr. Joel Henry
AICHE
345 E. 47th Street
New York, N.Y. 10017
TECHNICAL CAPSULE REPORT ON
DRY CAUSTIC PEELING OF PEACHES
NOW AVAILABLE
A technical capsule report covering an EPA
Demonstration Project with the DelMonte Cor-
poration for the dry caustic peeling of peaches
is now available.
Peeling is the largest single source of waste
from fruit processing. In conventional caustic
peeling, the peel is pre-softened by contact with
dilute sodium hydroxide and removed from the
peach by high pressure water sprays. Dry caustic
peeling uses mechanical contact to remove the
softened peel, with only a small final water rinse.
Dry caustic peeling was commercially proven for
potato processing, but softer fruit such as
peaches required additional development.
The project demonstrated the reduction of
water usage from 850 gallons per ton of peaches
to 90 gallons per ton. The peel was recovered as a
pumpable slurry. Total organic and suspended
solids loading in the final wastewater was re-
duced by 60 percent. Peach quality was equal to
that of conventionally peeled peaches.
For your copy of this capsule report which in-
cludes cost and performance data, use the order-
ing blank at the back of this fact sheet.
Managers and engineers at the In-Plant Pollution Control Session of the
Technology Transfer Seminar for the Textile Industry in Atlanta.
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POLLUTION CONTROL SEMINAR FOR
THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Technology Transfer held its first industrial
seminar for the Textile Industry entitled "Upgrad-
ing Textile Operations to Reduce Pollution" in
Atlanta, Georgia on September 25 and 26, 1973.
The seminar, attended by 160 industry repre-
sentatives, featured welcome addresses by John
C. White, EPA Deputy Regional Administrator and
Joseph S. Ameen of the American Association of
Textile Chemists and Colorists.
The first general session of the seminar cov-
ered EPA regulatory policy, the effects of textile
mill discharges on the aquatic environment and
the basics of pollution control.
Three technical sessions were given covering
in-plant control of pollution, pretreatment of
textile wastes, and waste treatment systems. The
session on in-plant control was prepared by the
Institute of Textile Technology with the assist-
ance of technical experts from industry. Dr.
Joseph Maselli of the Hall-Atwater Laboratory
made the presentation on pre-treatment of textile
mill wastes. The session on treatment systems
was prepared by Metcalf and Eddy, Inc. with the
participation of Dr. Clair Sawyer, Dr. Ronald
Sharpin, and Mr. Donald Hager.
The final session included financial strategies
for pollution control investments presented by
Charles Marshall of J. A. Commins & Associates,
the EPA Demonstration Grant Program for the
Textile Industry presented by Thomas Sargent
of the EPA Laboratory at Athens, Georgia, and a
key-note address on effective government-indus-
try relationships by Wallace Storey of the Ameri-
can Textile Manufacturers Institute.
MUNICIPAL DESIGN SEMINARS
Since the October 1973 WPCF Conference, 8
municipal design seminars have been conducted
throughout the United States. The total number
of municipal seminars conducted since the Tech-
nology Transfer Program was initiated is now 40.
The most recent seminars were presented in
Arlington, Virginia, October 11-12 and 18; Chicago,
Illinois, October 16; Seattle, Washington, October
30-November 1; Salt Lake City, Utah, November
13-15; San Francisco, California, December 3-5;
Atlanta, Georgia, December 11-12, 1973; and Kan-
sas City, Missouri, January 15-17, 1974.
The two Arlington Seminars covered different
areas; the first was a two-day session on sludge
handling and disposal, and the second was a
one-day session on infiltration/inflow studies. Mr.
Eugene T. Jensen, Executive Secretary of the
Virginia State Water Control Board gave the open-
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ing remarks and welcomed the consulting engi-
neers and regulatory personnel in attendance at
both seminars.
The Chicago Seminar covered infiltration/in-
flow studies. Mr. Valdas V. Adamkus, Deputy Re-
gional Administrator, EPA, Region V, gave the
welcome to the 425 consulting engineers, mu-
nicipal and state engineers, and regulatory per-
sonnel in attendance.
The Seattle Seminar included technical ses-
sions on upgrading lagoons, suspended solids
removal, and oxygen aeration. Mr. L. Edwin
Coates, Deputy Regional Administrator, EPA, Re-
gion X, gave the welcome. A highlight of the sus-
pended solids session was Dr. E. Robert Bau-
mann's presentation on wastewater filtration.
The Salt Lake City Seminar included technical
sessions on upgrading lagoons, upgrading trick-
ling filter plants and physical-chemical treatment.
Mr. Calvin Sudweeks, Chief WQS, Bureau of En-
vironmental Health, State of Utah, gave the wel-
come and presented the State of Utah's approach
to meeting new standards and wastewater treat-
ment objectives. The upgrading trickling filter
plants session was designed to meet BOD5 ef-
fluent requirements of 6 mg/l or less and in-
cluded a presentation on wastewater filtration by
Dr. John Cleasby.
The San Francisco Seminar covered the tech-
nical areas of upgrading lagoons, physical-chemi-
cal treatment, and oxygen aeration. Mr. Frank
Covington, Technology Transfer Chairman, EPA,
Region IX, welcomed the 150 consulting engi-
neers and regulatory personnel in attendance. A
highlight of the session was the field trip to the
Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Facility, a 440
acre wastewater lagoon.
The Atlanta Seminar was a two-day session on
sludge handling and disposal. Mr. Jack Ravan,
Regional Administrator, EPA, Region IV, gave the
opening remarks and welcomed the 135 attendees.
Interest was high in this subject and general
good opening discussions during the question/
answer sessions.
The Kansas City Seminar included technical
sessions on upgrading lagoons, sludge handling
and disposal, and nitrogen control. Jerome H.
Svore, Regional Administrator, EPA Region VII,
gave the welcome. A highlight of the seminar was
the nitrogen control session which included
presentations by Dr. Clair Sawyer and Mr. Gordon
Culp.
Feature presentations at the above seminars
were given by: Brown and Caldwell, San Fran-
cisco; American Consulting Services, Minneap-
olis; Black, Crow and Eidsness, Wilmington, Del.;
Culp, Wesner, Culp—Clean Water Consultants, El
Dorado Hills, Calif.; Metcalf & Eddy, New York;
Dr. Denny Parker of Brown & Caldwell Consulting Engineers addresses
Seattle Technology Transfer design seminar on upgrading lagoons.

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arid Shimek, Roming, Jacobs & Finklea, Dallas.
Assistance from EPA was provided by Jon C. Dyer,
Technology Transfer, Washington; Haig Farmer
and Charles Swanson, Office of Air and Water
Programs, Washington; and James Smith, James
Kreissl, John M. Smith, Jesse Cohen, Richard
Brenner, Edwin Barth, EPA, National Environ-
mental Research Center, Cincinnati.
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en out our mailing problems in the near future.
DESIGN MANUAL REVISIONS
As we noted in our previous issue, revi-
sions to our process design manuals are
now being completed. The revision to the
carbon adsorption manual has been finished
and mailed. If you have not received your
copy, there are two possibilities:
•	You have not mailed in one of the re-
vision request cards contained in the pocket
of the manual binders. If you haven't, mail
your card in as soon as possible. If your
card is lost, just drop us a note requesting
the revisions. The other three revisions will
become available in the near future.
•	You have mailed in your card or request
and it has been misplaced in the conversion
to the automated mailing system (see article
above). If this is the case and you have not
received your revised carbon manual, please
send in your request again.
SULFIDE MANUAL DELAYED
Technical problems and the current paper
shortage have delayed the printing of the new
Technology Transfer Process Design Manual for
Sulfide Control in Sanitary Sewerage Systems.
It now appears that the manual will not be avail-
able for distribution until approximately June of
this year. We will retain your request for this
manual and mail it to you as soon as possible.
DESIGN OF NITRIFICATION
SYSTEMS*
NITRIFICATION TANKS
Layout:
Because the rate of oxidation of ammonia is
essentially linear (zero-order reaction), short cir-
cuiting must be prevented. The tank configura-
tion should insure that flow through the tank
follows the plug-flow mixing model as closely as
possible. Such configuration can be accom-
plished by dividing the tank into a series of com-
partments with ports between them. Figure 1
shows three compartments as a minimum num-
ber. Tanks can be designed for either diffused-air
or mechanical-aeration systems.
Since the oxidation rate of the process varies
widely with temperature, special provisions may
be necessary to incorporate the necessary flexi-
bility in the oxygen supply system, as discussed
hereinafter.
pH Control:
Nitrification tanks should be sized to permit
complete nitrification under the most adverse
combination of ammonia load and temperature
expected, and at a pH as near optimum as fea-
sible. The range of 7.6-7.8 is recommended in
order to allow carbon dioxide to escape to the
atmosphere.
Figure 1. Model Nitrification System
The nitrification process destroys alkalinity and
the pH may fall to levels that will inhibit nitrifica-
tion unless excess alkalinity is present in the
wastewater or lime is added to maintain favorable
pH levels. Theoretically, 7.2 pounds of total al-
kalinity are destroyed per pound of ammonia
* Extracted from "Nitrification and Denitrification Facili-
ties—Wastewater Treatment" prepared for the EPA Tech-
nology Transfer Seminar Publication series. Fill in the
form at the rear of this fact sheet for a copy of the com-
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nitrogen oxidized to nitrate. One-half of this
destruction is due to loss of alkalinity caused by
ammonia and the remainder is due to destruc-
tion of natural alkalinity.
Whether lime additions will be required de-
pends upon the alkalinity of the wastewater and
the desired pH of operation. For operation under
the most adverse temperature conditions and at
operating pH, sufficient lime must be added ini-
tially to raise the pH into the desired range, and
then 5.4 pounds of hydrated lime per pound of
ammonia nitrogen will be required to maintain
the pH. An actual titration test should be con-
ducted to obtain design criteria. In Boston sew-
age, about 250 pounds of hydrated lime are
needed per million gallons to raise the pH initial-
ly to optimum pH range, and an additional 700
pounds are needed to hold it there during the
course of oxidation of the ammonia. The total
hydrated lime requirements are estimated to be
about 115 mg/l. Additional amounts of lime may
be required if chemicals, such as alum, have
been added previously for phosphorus removal.
Marked reductions in lime requirements will
result in any system that can be designed to
operate at pH levels of 7.8 or less, because car-
bon dioxide resulting from destruction of alka-
linity and organic matter will be washed out of
the liquid phase by air contact. The pH of such
systems will vary somewhat with the rate of aera-
tion (ventilation).
The type and sensitivity of the pH control sys-
tem will depend on the character of the waste-
water and the variations in the ammonia load fed
to the system.
Although some studies showed the optimum
pH for the nitrification reaction to be in the
range of 8.4 to 8.6, others have reported lower
optimum levels.
Downing and Knowles 1 have reported that pH
levels above 7.2 do not increase the rate of nitri-
fication. They presented an equation
Activity = 1 - 0.83(7.2 - pH)
for calculation of activity at pH levels below 7.2.
Using this equation the activities in Table 1 can
be determined.
Haug and McCarty2 have reported upon nitri-
fication in submerged filters and observed pH
phenomena. They found that the nitrifying orga-
nisms were able to acclimate to low pH levels
of 7.0 or more. They made no studies, however,
on nitrifying populations in the fixed growths, so
it was not proven whether the increased activity
was due to acclimation or an increased popula-
tion of organisms, resulting in the availability of
excess ammonia.
The information provided by Downing and
Knowles and Haug and McCarty offers some hope
that the addition of lime for initial pH elevation
may not be necessary. The need for lime then
revolves around having sufficient alkalinity pres-
ent to allow complete nitrification at satisfactory
kinetic rates at the lowest temperatures and
highest mass loadings of ammonia expected.
In any event, sufficient alkalinity should be
present to leave a residual of from 30 to 50 mg/l
after nitrification is completed. As a general rule,
where phosphorus removal is accomplished in the
first stage of a two- or three-stage system by use
of alum or ferric salts, it will be necessary to
provide lime-feeding facilities, and the optimum
pH of operation becomes more or less an aca-
demic matter. In situations where feeding of
lime is not essential, good engineering normally
will indicate that additional tankage be provided
to overcome the limitations of reduced activity,
as opposed to providing lime-feeding facilities
to keep the tankage at a minimum.
Table 1. Activities at pH 7.2 and below
PH
Activity
7.2
1.00
7.0
.83
6.8
.67
6.6
.50
6.4
.34
6.2
.17
MLSS and MLVSS Concentrations:
Designs based on MLSS concentration alone
should be avoided, because MLSS will not truly
reflect the biological mass in the system. The
ratio of MLVSS to MLSS may vary depending on
the nonvolatile suspended solids (including re-
sidual chemical precipitates) in the feed. The
fraction of the MLVSS attributable to nitrifying
organisms is as yet unknown; however, for nitri-
fication systems receiving normal secondary ef-
fluents, MLVSS concentrations of 1,500-2,000 mg/l
appear to be safe for design.
Tank Capacity:
The choice of the design-peak load depends on
the circumstances of the specific project, and
need not necessarily be the absolute maximum
expected load. For many projects, the use of a
peak-load factor of 1.5 represents a reasonable
peak at low-temperature conditions.
Figure 2 shows the permissible volumetric load-
ing of the nitrification tanks at a pH of 8.4 and
at various temperatures and MLVSS concentra-
tions, based on nitrification kinetics studies at
Marlborough, Mass.
Corrections must be applied to the permissible
loadings when the pH is different from 8.4. In
plants with well-buffered wastewater, it may be
more economical to provide the additional tank-
age to permit operation at a lower pH, rather
than to add an alkaline material. The following is
a sample calculation for computing the tank size:

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Figure 2. Permissible Nitrification—Tank Loadings
Given:
Design flow = 10 mgd
Average concentration to nitrification
tanks = 15 mg/l
Minimum temperature = 10° C
Operating pH = 7.8
MLVSS concentration = 1,500 mg/l
Computed:
1.	NH3 load
a.	Average = 10 x 8.34 x 15 =
1,250 lb/day
b.	Maximum = 1,250 x 1.5= 1,870 lb/day
2.	Tank volume at 10° C, MLVSS =
1,500 mg/l
a.	From figure 11-3, volumetric loading =
8.2 lb per 1,000 ft3
b.	Tank volume = 1870/8.2 x 103 =
228,000 ft3
3.	Tank volume adjusted to pH 7.8 (see
figure 111-4) = 228,000/0.88 = 260,000 ft3
4.	Check detention period = (260,000 x
24 x 7.48) (10 x 106) = 4.65 hr
Oxygen Requirements:
Stoichiometrically, each pound of ammonia ni-
trogen that is nitrified requires 4.6 pounds of oxy-
gen. (The amount of ammonia nitrified is usually
slightly more than the amount of nitrate meas-
ured because some denitrification occurs.) Usu-
ally, it is assumed that all of the ammonia fed
will be nitrified. An additional oxygen allowance
must be made for carbonaceous BOD that es-
capes from the secondary treatment process.
Nitrification appears to be uninhibited at DO
concentrations of 1 mg/l or more. Design based
on maintaining 3 mg/l of DO in the mixed liquor
under average loading conditions includes a rea-
sonable factor of safety. Under peak loading the
DO concentration may be permitted to fall some-
what, but not below 1 mg/l.
There follows a sample calculation for oxygen
requirements:
Given:
Design Flow = 10 mgd
Average NH3-N concentration = 15 mg/l
Average BOD = 30 mg/l
Computed:
1.	NH3 load
a.	Average = 1,250 lb/day
b.	Maximum = 1,870 lb/day
2.	BOD load = 2,500 lb/day
3.	Oxygen requirement
a.	NH3 oxidation = 1,870 x 4.6
= 8,650 lb/day
b.	BOD requirement = 2,500 x 1.5 =
3,750 lb/day
c.	Total requirement = 12,400 lb/day
To design the aeration system, the total oxy-
gen requirement must be corrected to actual op-
erating conditions by the use of well-known equa-
tions incorporating such factors as:
•	Critical wastewater temperature
•	Minimum DO concentration
•	Coefficient of wastewater oxygen-uptake rate
•	Coefficient of wastewater DO saturation
•	Altitude of plant
The rate of nitrification will vary significantly
with temperature and pH, and compensation for
this variation must be made in the design of the
plant. During the summer, the following methods
can be used to match the oxygen demand rate to
the oxygen supply rate:
•	Reduce MLSS concentration
•	Reduce pH by reducing chemical supply
•	Reduce tankage in service while increasing
oxygen supply to the tanks remaining in
service
Miscellaneous:
Although the nitrification process will handle
the normal variations in ammonia load found in
raw wastewater, experience at the Washington,
D.C., pilot plant indicates that nitrification in the
carbonaceous removal units must be carefully
controlled to insure stable operation. Experience
at South Lake Tahoe, Calif., indicates that the
addition of 2-8 mg/l of chlorine to the effluent of
the carbonaceous aeration tank effectively will
prevent nitrification. In addition, excessive
amounts of carbonaceous BOD and suspended
solids that escape from the carbonaceous treat-

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ment process, such as those associated with
"bulking" sludge caused by filamentous growths,
must not be so great that sludge wasting from
the nitrification process causes a washout of the
nitrifying organisms. Carbonaceous-BOD concen-
trations higher than 50 mg/l in the nitrification
influent may interfere with winter operation.
Foam spray systems have not been found nec-
essary where the MLSS concentration was greater
than 2,000 mg/l.
The following substances have been shown to
have an inhibiting effect on the nitrification proc-
ess in concentrations greater than those indi-
cated:
•	Halogen-substituted phenolic compounds, 0
mg/l
•	Thiourea and thiurea derivates, 0 mg/l
•	Halogenated solvents, 0 mg/l
•	Heavy metals, 10-20 mg/l
•	Cyanides and all compounds from which hy-
drocyanic acid is liberated on acidification,
20 mg/l
•	Phenol and cresol, 20 mg/l
References
1	Downing and Knowles, Proceedings of the Third Interna-
tional Conference on Water Pollution Research, vol. 2, p.
117, Munich, 1966.
2	Haug and McCarty, J. Water Pollut. Cont. Fed., 44, 2089,
1972.
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of the Technology Transfer Program, contact your EPA Regional Technology Trans-
fer Committee Chairman from the list below:
REGION CHAIRMAN
ADDRESS
REGION CHAIRMAN
ADDRESS
I Lester Sutton Environmental Protection Agency
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Room 2304
Boston, Massachusetts 02203
617 223-2226
(Maine, N.H., Vt., Mass., R.I., Conn.)
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~	Suspended Solids Removal	1003
~	Upgrading Existing Wastewater
Treatment Plants 	1004
~	Sulfide Control in Sanitary
Sewerage Systems 	1005
TECHNICAL CAPSULE REPORTS
~	Recycling Zinc in Viscose Rayon
Plants 	2001
~	Color Removal from Kraft Pulping
Effluent by Lime Addition 	2002
~	Pollution Abatement in a Copper
Wire Mill 	2003
~	First Interim Report on EPA Alkali SOi
Scrubbing Test Facility	2004
~	Dry Caustic Peeling of Peaches	2005
INDUSTRIAL SEMINAR PUBLICATIONS
~	Upgrading Poultry Processing Facilities
to Reduce Pollution (3 Vols.) 	3001
~	Upgrading Metal Finishing Facilities
to Reduce Pollution (2 Vols.)	3002
~	Upgrading Meat Packing Facilities
to Reduce Pollution (3 Vols.)	3003
MUNICIPAL SEMINAR PUBLICATIONS
~	Upgrading Lagoons 	4001
~	Physical-Chemical Treatment	4002
~	Oxygen Aeration Sludge 	4003
~	Nitrification/Denitrification 	4004
~	Upgrading Existing Wastewater
Treatment Facilities—Case Histories	4005
BROCHURES
~	Physical-Chemical Treatment 	5001
~	Phosphorus Removal 	5002
~	Upgrading Existing Wastewater
Treatment Plants 	5003
~	Carbon Adsorption 	5004
~	Oxygen Aeration 	5005
~	Nitrogen Control 	5006
~	Seattle, Washington METRO	5007
~	Wastewater Purification at
Lake Tahoe	5008
~	Indian Creek Reservoir	5009
~	Richardson, Texas 	5010
HANDBOOKS
~	Analytical Quality Control in Water
and Wastewater Laboratories	6001
~	Monitoring Industrial Wastewater	6002
For the following audio-visual material, please contact
MOTION PICTURES (16mm sound)
~	Richardson, Texas, Project—Title
"Somebody around here must be doing
something good." (15 min.)
~	Phosphorus Removal (5 min.)
~	Water Quality Management, Alameda
Creek, Calif.—Title
"The Water Plan" (28Vz min.)
Regional Technology Transfer Chairman. (See listing)
VIDEOTAPES
~	Carbon Adsorption (40 min.)
~	Upgrading Activated Sludge
Treatment Plants (40 min.)
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