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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OCTOBER 1, 1373
WPCF CONFERENCE
For the third consecutive year, EPA Technology
Transfer is participating in the annual Water
Pollution Control Federation Conference, with
this year's WPCF meeting—the 46th annual—
being held in Cleveland, Ohio, September 30-
October 5, 1973.
The theme of the newly designed and con-
structed exhibit being displayed at the WPCF
Conference is the Technology Transfer Seminar
Program. As you may be aware, more than 30
seminars have been conducted throughout the
country by Technology Transfer to present de-
tailed information on the latest pollution control
technologies and practices. Subject areas of the
Municipal Seminars for wastewater treatment
facilities are oriented to the specific needs of the
geographical region in which they are held. The
Industrial Seminars are aimed at making the
small manufacturer aware of the alternative
proven technologies available to him by address-
ing the air, water, and solids pollution problems
of that industry.
Technology Transfer has also chosen this
year's WPCF Conference to introduce the first
five municipal wastewater treatment publications
|n its new series of Seminar Publications. These
live publications are explained in some detail
further on in this newsletter and will be available
free of charge at the exhibit. The first five in-
dustrial pollution control publications in this
-"Series will be displayed at the exhibit and may
"Be ordered there.
Host region for this year's conference will be
EPA's Midwest Region V. Francis T. Mayo, the
Regional Administrator, will be on hand at the
opening of the Conference, which annually at-
tracts thousands of the nation's top pollution
experts.
Region V will have a special exhibit in the con-
vention area and the Region V film "Get To-
gether" will be included in a special WPCF film
program.
Mr. Mayo has been administrator for Region V
since early 1970. He's a Commissioner to the Great
Lakes Basin Commission and serves as Chairman
of the U.S. Section of the Great Lakes Water
Quality Board, which advises the International
Francis T. Mayo
Region V
Administrator
Joint Commission on Great Lakes water quality
problems.
Well known among environmentalists, business
and community leaders in the Midwest, Mayo
has one of the toughest jobs in EPA—he con-
tends with a highly urban and industrial-
ized region where 44 million people and one
quarter of the region's manufacturing is located.
The Region has an endless diversity of sophisti-
cated industrial air and water pollution prob-
lems combined with agricultural problems within
a vacation and water recreational area.
Mr. Mayo's Technology Transfer Committee,
therefore, must continually deal with a wide
range of issues and has in past months con-
ducted seminars covering technical areas on
meatpacking, dairy processing, upgrading exist-
ing wastewater treatment plants, nitrogen con-
trol, phosphorus removal, infiltration studies and
combined sewers. Planned for the future are
seminars on sludge handling and disposal and
metal finishing. Also in the works are films for
small and medium industrial dischargers looking
for new ways of controlling pollution.
SECOND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
INDUSTRIAL SEMINAR FOR MEAT
PACKING INDUSTRY HELD IN
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
The Office of Technology Transfer held its sec-
ond seminar for about 100 engineers and man-
agers from the Meat Packing Industry entitled,

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"Upgrading Meat Packing Facilities to Reduce
Pollution," in Chicago, Illinois, on June 12 and
13, 1973.
The program featured addresses on Effective
Government-Industry Relations by Francis T.
Mayo, Administrator of EPA Region V, and Donald
S. MacKenzie, of the American Meat Institute.
The requirements of the new water pollution con-
trol legislation were presented by John Kirkwood
of the Regional Office. William M. Sonnett of the
Office of Permit Programs, Washington, D.C.,
gave a presentation on the National Discharge
Elimination Program.
Two technical sessions were presented. The
first session on "In-Plant Modifications and Pre-
treatment" was by A. J. Steffan of Purdue Uni-
versity. The second session on Waste Treatment
systems was given by Jim and Paula Wells of
Bell, Galyardt & Wells.
A special evening panel session was held on
Odor Control. Donald Dencker of Oscar Mayer,
Kenneth Ries of Armour, and William Prokop of
the National Renderer's Association joined Al
Steffan and Jim Wells to form the panel.
The final general session included a presenta-
tion on "Optimum Strategies for Financing Pollu-
tion Control Investments" by Charles Marshall of
J. A. Cummins and Associates, and a presenta-
tion on the EPA Industrial Demonstration Grant
Program by Jack Witherow of the National Envi-
ronmental Research Center in Corvallis, Oregon.
Also Larry Cherry of the Small Business Admin-
istration presented information on SBA programs
which are applicable to meat packers.
POLLUTION CONTROL SEMINAR FOR
THE DAIRY INDUSTRY
Technology Transfer held its second indus-
trial seminar for the Dairy Industry, entitled "Up-
grading Dairy Production Facilities to Reduce
Pollution," in Philadelphia, on August 21 and 22,
1973.
The program featured a welcome address by
Daniel J. Snyder, III, Regional EPA Administrator
and a special presentation by Fred J. Greiner,
Chairman of the Dairy Industry Committee,
speaking on Dairy Industry Environmental Re-
sponsibilities.
The program included presentations on EPA
enforcement policy and the National Discharge
Elimination Program.
Three technical sessions were held covering
in-plant management, waste treatment, and whey
disposal and recovery. The in-plant session, con-
ducted by Dr. W. James Harper, of the Ohio State
University, covering dairy waste characterization,
in-plant reduction of water and wastes, and costs
of in-plant control.
The session on waste treatment, presented by
Kenneth Watson of Kraftco Corporation, George
Muck of Dean Foods, Dr. William Boyle and Dr.
L. B. Polkowski of Polkowski, Boyle and Associ-
ates, and Paul F. Hickman of Hood and Rich
Architects & Engineers, covered treatment alter-
natives available for discharge of wastes to mu-
nicipal treatment plants and to waterways. The
discussion included the relative advantages of
joint treatment of dairy wastes in municipal
wastewater treatment plants, waste treatment
alternatives, and case studies of actual pollution
abatement efforts by dairy production facilities.
The session on whey consisted of a panel dis-
cussion of the recovery, utilization, and disposal
of whey. The discussion covered current practice
and new technology applicable to the utilization
of whey.
UPDATING OF PROCESS DESIGN
MANUALS
Revisions to the four original Technology
Transfer Process Design Manuals (Sus-
pended Solids Removal, Carbon Adsorption,
Phosphorus Removal, and Upgrading Exist-
ing Wastewater Treatment Plants) are ap-
proaching completion and will be available
in the very near future.
The purpose of revising these manuals—
originally issued in October 1971—was to
incorporate information on newly developed
and demonstrated techniques and to in-
clude any subsequent experience gained
and data produced on those methods cov-
ered in the initial edition of the manuals.
For those individuals who have the orig-
inal manuals and have not yet requested the
manual revisions, it is essential this be
done as soon as possible. This can be ac-
complished by either forwarding the request
card contained in the back of each manual,
or by sending a brief letter to Technology
Transfer, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460.
The final general session included a presenta-
tion by James Cummins of J. A. Cummins and
Associates, an industrial management consultant,
on the optimization of financial strategy for
pollution control investments. The discussion
covered tax advantages, depreciation of equip-
ment, government and private sources of financ-
ing available, and the economics of joint treat-
ment with a municipality versus privately
financed treatment facilities.
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

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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-
cludes 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 oxy-
genation tanks.
REQUESTS FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER MATERIAL
Please send me the following publications at no charge. (Check appropriate boxes)
PROCESS DESIGN MANUALS
~	Phosphorus Removal^
~	Carbon Adsorption
~	Suspended Solids Removal
~	Upgrading Existing Wastewater
Treatment Plants
~	Sulfide Control in Sanitary Sewerage
Systems
TECHNICAL CAPSULE REPORTS
~	Recycling Zinc in Viscose Rayon Plants
~	Color Removal from Kraft Pulping
Effluent by Lime Addition
~	Pollution Abatement in a Copper Wire Mill
~	First Interim Report on EPA Alkali SO,
Scrubbing Test Facility
~	Dry Caustic Peeling of Peaches
INDUSTRIAL SEMINAR PUBLICATIONS
~	Upgrading Poultry Processing Facilities
to Reduce Pollution (3 Vols.)
~	Upgrading Metal Finishing Facilities
to Reduce Pollution (2 Vols.)
MUNICIPAL SEMINAR PUBLICATIONS
~	Upgrading Lagoons
~	Physical-Chemical Treatment
~	Oxygen Activated Sludge
~	Nitrification/Denitrification
~	Upgrading Existing Wastewater
Treatment Facilities—Case Histories
BROCHURES
~	Physical-Chemical Treatment
~	Phosphorus Removal
~	Upgrading Existing Wastewater
Treatment Plants
~	Carbon Adsorption
~	Oxygen Aeration
~	Nitrogen Control
~	Seattle, Washington METRO
O Wastewater Purification at Lake Tahoe
~	Indian Creek Reservoir
~	Richardson, Texas
HANDBOOKS
~	Analytical Quality Control in Water
and Wastewater Laboratories
~	Monitoring Industrial Wastewater
Please contact me regarding the loan of the following audio/visual material. (Check appropriate boxes)
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.)
VIDEOTAPES
~	Carbon Adsorption (40 min.)
~	Upgrading Activated Sludge
Treatment Plants (40 min.)
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SULFIDE CONTROL MANUAL IN PRINT
The Technology Transfer Process Design
Manual for Sulfide Control in Sanitary Sewerage
Systems, prepared by Pomeroy, Johnston and
Bailey of Pasadena, California, is currently being
printed and will soon be available for distribu-
tion. This Manual includes information for all
feasible alternative designs that can be used to
control sulfides and minimize their effects in
both new and existing sewerage systems.
Specific topics covered include: Characteris-
tics and Properties of Hydrogen Sulfide; Occur-
rence and Effects of Sulfide in Sewers; Investi-
gation in Existing Systems; Control of Sulfide in;
Existing Systems; and Design of Sewer Systems
to Prevent Sulfide Problems. Case histories, ex-
amples, and cost estimates are presented to sub-
stantiate the "how-to" approach of this manual.
Individuals interested in obtaining, at no
charge, a copy of the Sulfide Control Manual
should fill out the appropriate form in the back
of this publication and forward it to Technology
Transfer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, D.C. 20460.
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"HANDBOOK FOR MONITORING
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER" NOW
AVAILABLE
The first of the EPA Technology Transfer In-
dustrial manuals is now available. The "Hand-
book for Monitoring Industrial Wastewater" pro-
vides technical information for manufacturers
establishing a wastewater monitoring program.
As is the case with all Technology Transfer pub-
lications the Handbook is offered as helpful
guidance only and is not regulatory.
Major chapters in the Handbook are:
Program Planning
Parameters to be Measured
Analytical Considerations
Sampling
Flow Measurement
Data Analysis
Automatic Monitoring
The Continuing Program
Special Considerations for Municipal
Systems
Training of Technicians
Safety
The manual is written with basic information
for managers in the beginning of each chapter
with the more detailed technical information in
the latter sections. Special emphasis is placed
on minimizing the costs of monitoring and avoid-
ing common pitfalls.
For your copy of this handbook mail the form
on the last page of this newsletter to Technology
Transfer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, D.C. 20460.
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MONITORING
INDUSTRIAL
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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 end of this newsletter.
WORK UNDERWAY ON INDUSTRIAL
POLLUTION CONTROL MANUALS
The Office of Technology Transfer has initiated
work on the preparation of two manuals for the
control of air, water and solid waste pollution for
the Pulp and Paper and the Power Generation
Industries. The manuals will contain design in-
formation on available technology presented in
a form that can be used by industry engineers
and managers, and consultants in the designing
and upgrading and designing of facilities to con-
trol pollution.
The pulp and paper manual will cover design
considerations for in-plant control techniques
and waste treatment technology for wood prep-
aration, kraft, soda, and acid sulfite pulping op-
erations, de-inking, paper manufacturing, waste
paperboard production and building products
manufacturing. Ekono Consulting Engineers,
Seattle, Washington, has been selected as the
contractor for the preparation of this manual.
The power manual will cover design considera-
tions for in-plant control techniques and treat-
ment technology for the control of air emissions,
chemical wastewater discharges, thermal pollu-
tion control, solid waste separation, utilization
and disposal, and air, water and solid waste
monitoring for fossil full-fired generating sta-
tions. Radian Corporation of Austin, Texas, has
been selected as the contractor for the prepara-
tion of this manual.
Both the pulp and paper, and the power man-
uals should be available for distribution by June,
1974.
NEW TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
MOTION PICTURE AVAILABLE
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.
Requests for loan of this, and other Technology
Transfer films, can be made by forwarding the
form in the back of this newsletter.
MUNICIPAL DESIGN SEMINARS
The Technology Transfer Program has con-
ducted one additional municipal design seminar
since June, 1973, bringing the total number con-
ducted since the program was conceived to
22. The most recent seminar presented was in
Shreveport, La., August 21-23.
The Shreveport Seminar included sessions on
physical-chemical treatment, upgrading existing
wastewater treatment facilities, and nitrogen con-
trol. Feature presentations were given by Gordon
Culp, Culp, Wesner & Culp/Clean Water Consult-
ants; Clair Sawyer, Consulting Engineer; and
David Walrath, Hazen and Sawyer. EPA personnel
participating in the seminar were Jesse Cohen,
Ed Barth, and John Smith from the National En-
vironmental Research Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
MUNICIPAL SEMINAR PUBLICATIONS
The first five in a series of seminar publica-
tions are being featured and distributed at the
Technology Transfer Exhibit this week during the
WPCF Conference. These publications include
the basic information included in the handout
materials used at the Technology Transfer mu-
nicipal design seminars. If desired, these publi-
cations may also be obtained by using the order
form in the back of this newsletter.
The set consists of the following publications:
•	"Nitrification & Denitrification Facilities
Wastewater Treatment" by Metcalf & Eddy, Engi-
neers. This publication includes sections on the
factors affecting nitrification kinetics, design cri-
tera of nitrification systems, and denitrification
by suspended 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,

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Where To Get Further Information
In order to get details on items appearing in this publication, or any other aspects
of the Technology Transfer Program, contact your EPA Regional Technology Trans-
fer Committee Chairman from the list below:
REGION
III
IV
CHAIRMAN
Lester Sutton
Rocco Ricci
Kenneth Suter
Asa B. Foster, Jr.
ADDRESS
Environmental Protection Agency
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Room 2304
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New York, New York 10017
212 264-2513
(N.Y., N.J., P.R., V.I.)
Environmental Protection Agency
6th & Walnut Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
215 597-9268
(Pa., W.Va., Md., Del., D.C., Va.)
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1421 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
404 526-3454
(N.C., S.C., Ky., Tenn., Ga., Ala., Miss.,
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Jocelyn G. Kempe
Lewis A. Young
Russell Fitch
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Chicago, Illinois 60606
312 353-5756
(Mich., Wis., Minn., III., Ind., Ohio)
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(Texas, Okla., Ark., La., N.Mex.)
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