Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant B

The chemicals typically treated in a municipal wastewater facility are listed. The influent and effluent chemical concentration values are listed also. The numerical values are given as monthly averages except where it is noted otherwise. This facility is located in the NYC area.

													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
FLOW (MGD)	264	263	268	283	273	261	252	261	245	241	241	229	256.75
SUSPENDED SOLIDS, RAW SEWAGE (mg/L)	94	98	104	84	83	92	91	95	91	101	n/a	n/a	93.3
SUSPENDED SOLIDS, PLANT EFFLUENT (mg/L)	12	15	16	9	6	7	12	11	7	8	n/a	n/a	10.3
BOD, TOTAL RAW SEWAGE (mg/L)	97	90	81	69	77	80	94	96	86	97	n/a	n/a	86.7
BOD, TOTAL PLANT EFFLUENT (mg/L)	14	13	12	9	7	8	9	9	9	10	n/a	n/a	10

HEAVY METALS, INFLUENT (mg/L)
Ag, silver	0.002	0.0024	0.0029	0.0012	0.003	0.0052	0.0046	0.00097	0.0023	0.0026	0.0019	0.0035	0.0027
As, arsenic	0.00034	0.00054	0.00052	0.00073	0.00039	0.00058	0.00064	0.00057	0.00072	0.00036	0.00061	0.00084	0.00057
Be, beryllium	0.00008	0.00003	0.00003	0.00008	0.00008	0.00003	0.00005	0.00003	0.00003	0.00003	0.00003	0.00005	4.58E-05
Cd, cadmium	0.00024	0.00013	0.0001	0.00019	0.00019	0.00029	0.0005	0.00003	0.00011	0.00057	0.00018	0.0058	0.00069
Cr, chromium	0.0078	0.0023	0.0029	0.0071	0.012	0.0063	0.0025	0.0041	0.0018	0.0047	0.0041	0.0024	0.0048
Cu, copper	0.047	0.051	0.054	0.039	0.044	0.044	0.038	0.035	0.038	0.055	0.035	0.045	0.044
Hg, mercury	0.00015	0.00015	0.00021	0.00007	0.00018	0.00019	0.00016	0.00009	0.00006	0.0003	0.00013	0.00006	0.00015
Ni, nickel	0.0032	0.0034	0.0015	0.004	0.0043	0.0068	0.0036	0.001	0.0025	0.0057	0.0022	0.012	0.0042
Pb, lead	0.0068	0.0072	0.014	0.0088	0.0087	0.0069	0.01	0.0071	0.0056	0.019	0.0055	0.029	0.0107
Zn, zinc	0.056	0.059	0.041	0.065	0.051	0.054	0.046	0.044	0.047	0.082	0.05	0.1	0.058

HEAVY METALS, EFFLUENT (mg/L)
Ag, silver	0.00045	0.0008	0.001	0.00022	0.00025	0.00034	0.0011	0.00055	0.00045	0.0007	0.00055	0.0018	0.00068
As, arsenic	0.00027	0.00052	0.00043	0.00061	0.00038	0.00043	0.00041	0.00048	0.00051	0.00026	0.00054	0.00072	0.00046
Be, beryllium	0.00008	0.00003	0.00006	0.00008	0.00008	0.00004	0.00005	0.00003	0.00003	0.00003	0.00003	0.00003	0.0000475
Cd, cadmium	0.00005	0.00005	0.00003	0.00005	0.00006	0.00003	0.00042	0.00003	0.00004	0.00006	0.00005	0.00003	0.000075
Cr, chromium	0.0019	0.0012	0.0015	0.0027	0.0018	0.0013	0.0009	0.0004	0.0007	0.0005	0.0018	0.0027	0.0015
Cu, copper	0.0097	0.0093	0.035	0.018	0.01	0.0056	0.01	0.0091	0.0062	0.008	0.0062	0.012	0.0116
Hg, mercury	0.00008	0.00006	0.00006	0.00007	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.0000625
Ni, nickel	0.0015	0.0073	0.0019	0.0026	0.0031	0.003	0.0007	0.001	0.001	0.0034	0.0026	0.0093	0.0031
Pb, lead	0.0012	0.0011	0.0026	0.0022	0.0014	0.0016	0.0026	0.0018	0.0014	0.0013	0.0023	0.012	0.0026
Zn, zinc	0.023	0.02	0.016	0.045	0.018	0.017	0.028	0.025	0.023	0.017	0.05	0.059	0.028

NUTRIENTS, INFLUENT (mg/L)
NH3, ammonia	8.54	11.94	11.28	7.36	7.51	6.25	12.15	6.73	8.58	8.58	7.65	8.5	8.76
NO2	0.054	0.12	0.053	0.057	0.063	0.033	0.046	0.039	0.021	0.043	0.03	0.022	0.048
NO3	0.2278	0.2893	0.106	0.2155	0.385	0.1343	0.112	0.2567	0.1085	0.287	0.205	0.113	0.203
TKN (total kjeldahl nitrogen)	20	17.5	19.7	16.5	13.8	16.5	21.9	22.7	17.5	20.6	17.1	17.5	18.44
cyanide	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
organics	11.48	5.58	8.43	9.18	6.25	10.28	9.75	15.97	8.95	12.05	9.5	9	9.70
phosphates-ortho	1.04	1.352	1.138	1.088	1.335	0.969	1.592	1.213	1.125	1.4	1.072	1.105	1.202
phosphates-total	2.125	2.571	1.841	1.925	1.756	1.765	1.962	1.817	2.105	1.994	2.711	2.195	2.064

NUTRIENTS, EFFLUENT (mg/L)
NH3, ammonia	10.69	14.05	11.19	11.91	11.84	9.38	14.05	13.65	11.2	11.72	11.7	10.6	11.83
NO2	0.068	0.148	0.143	0.108	0.095	0.067	0.079	0.068	0.084	0.073	0.055	0.047	0.086
NO3	0.073	0.1695	0.155	0.1618	0.27	0.073	0.2412	0.191	0.1286	0.2744	0.1289	0.0975	0.1637
TKN (total kjeldahl nitrogen)	15.5	19.1	20	16.4	18.2	17.8	20.5	23.2	18.4	22.3	20.5	18.9	19.23
cyanide	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
organics	4.83	5.05	8.8	2.93	6.4	8.38	6.43	9.54	7.2	10.62	8.86	8.27	7.28
phosphates-ortho	0.926	0.934	1.062	1.163	1.485	1.074	0.972	1.319	1.085	1.185	1.09	1.078	1.114
phosphates-total	1.127	1.744	1.469	1.439	1.877	1.458	2.124	1.165	1.298	3.432	1.39	1.968	1.708

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

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