Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant A

This set of information comprises the typical chemicals processed by a municipal treatment facility. It consists of the numerical data for the inlet and outlet concentrations. This facility is located within the New York/New Jersey area. The chemicals are broken down into several categories to point out the diverse types of wastes treated by each plant. The data is given as monthly values with the exception of the last column which is a yearly fiscal average.

													YEARLY AVERAGE
PARAMETERS	APR 94	MAY 94	JUNE 94	JULY 94	AUG 94	SEPT 94	OCT 94	NOV 94	DEC 94	JAN 95	FEB 95	MAR 95	YEARLY AVERAGE
BCUA FLOW (MGD)	95.817	83.453	75.682	73.655	73.455	63.92	62.094	64.496	72.356	74.274	69.073	70.816	73.258
BOD 5-DAY (INFLUENT)	170	181	203	171	165	179	195	152	155	178	189	178	176
BOD 5-DAY (EFFLUENT)	26	17	26	17	18	20	18	17	17	19	16	19	19
TSS (INFLUENT)	194	234	262	228	208	226	275	227	211	222	237	219	229
TSS (EFFLUENT)	25	17	16	14	14	18	15	21	19	18	16	17	18
OIL & GREASE (INFLUENT), mg/L	15.1	24	27.5	16.9	62.9	42.2	8.2	11.9	46.8	33.2	19.9	34.1	28.6
OIL & GREASE (EFFLUENT), mg/L	1.5	1.2	2 U	2 U	2 U	2 U	2 U	2 U	1.4	2.3	1.5	2.7	1.9
AMMONIA-NITROGEN (INFLUENT), mg/L	18.8	21.1	21.8	22.5	19.6	24.7	24.3	24.8	25.4	24.3	26.1	25.1	23.2
AMMONIA-NITROGEN (EFFLUENT), mg/L	16.1	18.1	19.2	15.7	16.3	18.6	18.3	20.5	20.3	19.4	20.9	20.6	18.7
CYANIDE (EFFLUENT), mg/L	0.06	0.04	0.11	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.07	0.07	0.04	0.06
PHOSPHATE (EFFLUENT), mg/L	2.69	3.46	4.29	2.72	3.85	4.81	5.07	5.4	5.86	3.71	3.28	3.18	4.03

METAL CONCENTRATION, INFLUENT (mg/L)
Ag, silver	0.012	0.017	0.017	0.073	0.018	0.017	0.019	0.017	0.018	0.012	0.015	0.013	0.0207
As, arsenic	0.00103	0.00164	0.00198	0.00267	0.0015	0.00165	0.00183	0.001	0.001	0.00153	0.001	0.0014	0.0015
Cd, cadmium	0.0045	0.0044	0.0043	0.0053	0.0042	0.004	0.004	0.006	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.0042	0.0044
Cr, chromium	0.059	0.018	0.021	0.049	0.034	0.03	0.03	0.082	0.088	0.011	0.031	0.049	0.0418
Cu, copper	0.078	0.141	0.068	0.114	0.14	0.16	0.105	0.09	0.073	0.07	0.086	0.076	0.1001
Hg, mercury	0.00048	0.00044	0.0005	0.0002	0.00043	0.0002	0.00063	0.00036	0.00033	0.00035	0.0003	0.00022	0.0004
Ni, nickel	0.052	0.043	0.015	0.029	0.018	0.03	0.03	0.025	0.038	0.033	0.023	0.018	0.0295
Pb, lead	0.042 U	0.042 U	0.042 U	0.057	0.042 U	0.044	0.062	0.046	0.044	0.049	0.042 U	0.042 U	0.0462
Zn, zinc	0.085	0.117	0.113	0.115	0.9	0.144	0.141	0.125	0.143	0.103	0.128	0.125	0.1866

METAL CONCENTRATION, EFFLUENT (mg/L)
Ag, silver	0.01	0.009	0.007	0.019	0.007	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.0102
As, arsenic	0.00007	0.00125	0.00068	0.001	0.00073	0.00093	0.00108	0.001	0.001	0.00085	0.001	0.001	0.0009
Cd, cadmium	0.004 U	0.004 U	0.004 U	0.004 U	0.004 U	0.004 U	0.0035	0.0268	0.004 U	0.004 U	0.004 U	0.004 U	0.0059
Cr, chromium	0.005	0.014	0.005	0.016	0.006	0.014	0.013	0.027	0.025	0.006	0.006	0.022	0.0133
Cu, copper	0.032	0.068	0.038	0.022	0.02	0.041	0.017	0.028	0.02	0.013	0.009	0.013	0.0268
Hg, mercury	0.00023	0.0002	0.0002	0.0002	0.0002	0.0002	0.00023	0.0002	0.00029	0.00016	0.00015	0.0002	0.0002
Ni, nickel	0.013	0.03	0.011	0.015	0.012	0.019	0.023	0.008	0.014	0.026	0.015	0.01	0.0163
Pb, lead	0.051	0.042 U	0.037	0.042 U	0.042 U	0.042 U	0.028	0.042 U	0.042 U	0.042 U	0.042 U	0.042 U	0.0412
Zn, zinc	0.05	0.061	0.054	0.054	0.035	0.073	0.053	0.05	0.048	0.048	0.051	0.064	0.0534

VOLATILE ORGANICS, INFLUENT (mg/L)
1,1,1-trichloroethane	0.00242	0.00975	0.00129	0.00078 J	0.0023	0.00149	0.00389	0.00096 J	0.00139	0.00238	0.00101	0.00679	0.0029
1,2-dichloroethene, trans	0.00397	0.0016 U	0.00363	0.00269	0.00266	0.00183	0.00254	0.0016 U	0.0033	0.0033	0.00253	0.00376	0.0028
bromodichloromethane	0.00086	0.00086	0.00101	0.00045	0.00086	0.00043	0.0007	0.00086	0.00043	0.00052	0.00021	0.00191	0.0008
chloroform	0.00562	0.00598	0.00573	0.00827	0.00651	0.00709	0.0312	0.00333	0.00507	0.00392	0.00487	0.00287	0.0075
m-xylene	0.0152	0.00279	0.00663	0.00497	0.00318	0.00605	0.0122	0.00352	0.00026 J	0.0047	0.0022	0.00315	0.0054
o,p-xylenes	0.015	0.00262 J	0.00883	0.00644	0.00776	0.00659	0.0164	0.00936	0.00136 U	0.00427	0.00076 U	0.00432	0.0070
tetrachloroethene	0.0124	0.00607	0.0168	0.00428	0.004	0.00459	0.0121	0.00424	0.00438	0.00728	0.00487	0.0144	0.0080
toluene	0.033	0.0163	0.00623	0.00855	0.00842	0.00771	0.0156	0.00659	0.0109	0.0128	0.0151	0.0148	0.0130

VOLATILE ORGANICS, EFFLUENT (mg/L)
1,1,1-trichloroethane	0.00113 U	0.00471	0.00113 U	0.00113 U	0.00031 J	0.00034 J	0.00113 U	0.00113 U	0.00045 J	0.00098 J	0.00113 U	0.00033 J	0.0012
1,2-dichloroethene, trans	0.0023	0.0008 U	0.00143	0.00042 J	0.00076 J	0.0008 U	0.0008 U	0.0008 U	0.00177	0.00142	0.0008 U	0.00064 U	0.0011
bromodichloromethane	0.00263	0.00115	0.00102	0.00261	0.00083	0.0016	0.00123	0.00096	0.00156	0.00113	0.00052	0.001	0.0014
chloroform	0.00807	0.00526	0.00615	0.00735	0.00405	0.0083	0.00365	0.00282	0.00528	0.00665	0.00547	0.00316	0.0055
tetrachloroethene	0.00199	0.00097 U	0.00326	0.00099	0.00059 J	0.00065 J	0.00097 U	0.00095	0.00097 U	0.00405	0.00097	0.00465	0.0018
toluene	0.00144	0.00063 U	0.0021	0.00262	0.00079	0.00087	0.00063 U	0.00063 U	0.00197	0.00379	0.00063 U	0.00111	0.0014

NOTE: The xylenes effluent concentrations were not given from the original data of municipal treatment plant A

ADDITIONAL COMPOUNDS, INFLUENT (mg/L)
acetone	4.69	1.039	1.543	0.269	3.735	2.447	0.636	1.288	0.418	16.225	3.675	4.572	3.378
2-chlorotoluene	0.206	0.0175	0.137	0.0195	0.109	0.225	0.0497	0.0144	0.113	0.0539	0.0221	0.0393	0.0839
4-chlorotoluene	0.0122	0.0017 U	0.0145	0.00181	0.0219	0.0318	0.00683	0.0017 U	0.0146	0.00721	0.00195	0.00533	0.0101

NOTE: No effluent concentrations from this series were given by the treatment plant
BASE NEUTRALS, INFLUENT (mg/L)
bis-2-ethyl hexyl phthalate	0.01742 B	0.02658 B	0.0218	0.01388 B	0.1252 B	0.00835	0.02122	0.02356	0.00742 B	0.03379	0.02188	0.03309	0.0295
butyl benzyl phthalate	0.00235	0.00074 J	0.0045	0.00384	0.00346	0.00466	0.00242	0.00124	0.00054 J	0.00267	0.00098	0.01554	0.0036
di-n-octyl-phthalate	0.00284	0.0018	0.00212	0.00052 J	0.00671	0.00227	0.00055 J	0.00168	0.00025 J	0.00508	0.00665	0.00381	0.0029
dibutyl phthalate	0.00543	0.00412	0.01026	0.00502	0.00386 B	0.0066	0.0031	0.00171	0.00285	0.01228	0.00386	0.00611	0.0054
diethyl phthalate	0.0039	0.00083 U	0.00586	0.0053	0.00082 J	0.00396	0.00556	0.00194	0.00135	0.00234	0.00188	0.00578	0.0033
naphthalene	0.00356	0.00109	0.00049	0.00044 J	0.00026 J	0.00139	0.0004 U	0.00064	0.03191	0.00101	0.00075	0.001	0.0036

BASE NEUTRALS, EFFLUENT (mg/L)
bis-2-ethyl hexyl phthalate	0.10812 B	0.0108 B	0.01718	0.00738	0.0116	0.02126	0.01145	0.00241 U	0.006	0.00335	0.00427	0.00323	0.0173
butyl benzyl phthalate	0.0007 J	0.00019 J	0.00127	0.00115 U	0.00128	0.00115 U	0.00115 U	0.00068 J	0.0001 J	0.00115 U	0.00012 J	0.0003 J	0.0008
dibutyl phthalate	0.0065	0.00246	0.00283	0.00118	0.00295	0.0022	0.0009	0.00145	0.00073 U	0.00145	0.00035 J	0.00082 J	0.0020
diethyl phthalate	0.00199	0.00058 J	0.00083 J	0.00043 J	0.00099	0.00085 U	0.00128	0.0003 J	0.00077 J	0.00148	0.00102	0.00059	0.0009
di-n-octyl-phthalate	0.00496	0.00115 U	0.00086 J	0.00044 J	0.00067 J	0.00116 U	0.0018	0.00114 U	0.0043	0.00116 U	0.0012 U	0.00025 J	0.0016
naphthalene	0.00172	0.00019 J	0.00042	0.00041 U	0.00042 U	0.00059	0.00012 J	0.0004 U	0.00125	0.00049	0.00017 J	0.00032	0.0005

ACID FRACTION (mg/L)
phenol (influent)	0.00657	0.00809	0.0081	0.00482	0.01002	0.0087	0.01398	0.00615	0.00483	0.00605	0.00275	0.00824	0.0074
phenol (effluent)	0.00119	0.00161	0.00398	0.00388	0.00078	0.00427	0.00183	0.00041	0.00087	0.0003	0.00085	0.00103	0.0018

NOTE:
"U" INDICATES COMPOUND ANALYZED BUT NOT DETECTED
"B" INDICATES COMPOUND FOUND IN ASSOCIATED BLANK
"J" INDICATES COMPOUND CONCENTRATION FOUND BELOW MDL
MDL=Minimum Detectable Limit

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Last Updated: 8/14/96
Analyst/Contact: Tristan Baccay

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