Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant F

This set of information contains chemical concentration values for a typical NYC wastewater treatment facility. The influent and effluent chemical concentrations are given as monthly average values unless otherwise noted.

													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)	30	28	27	27	28	28	26	28	31	31	24	24	27.67
SUSPENDED SOLIDS, RAW SEWAGE (mg/L)	125	172	176	180	192	173	170	177	151	147	n/a	n/a	166.3
SUSPENDED SOLIDS, PLANT EFFLUENT (mg/L)	9	14	8	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	n/a	n/a	7
BOD, TOTAL RAW SEWAGE (mg/L)	114	144	156	146	147	150	152	168	126	130	n/a	n/a	143.3
BOD, TOTAL PLANT EFFLUENT (mg/L)	12	14	12	13	7	6	6	7	6	7	n/a	n/a	9

HEAVY METALS, INFLUENT (mg/L)
Ag, silver	0.0027	0.0048	0.018	0.019	0.027	0.0064	0.0036	0.019	0.015	0.0052	0.013	0.0032	0.0114
As, arsenic	0.00042	0.00049	0.0011	0.0018	0.0013	0.00052	0.0006	0.0012	0.0009	0.00052	0.00077	0.00066	0.00086
Be, beryllium	0.00008	0.00003	0.00003	0.00008	0.00008	0.00005	0.00005	0.00003	0.00004	0.00007	0.00008	0.00004	0.000055
Cd, cadmium	0.0004	0.0004	0.00038	0.0006	0.0011	0.00052	0.00035	0.00078	0.00066	0.00008	0.00064	0.00007	0.00050
Cr, chromium	0.0042	0.0073	0.0061	0.0086	0.011	0.0033	0.0021	0.0052	0.0066	0.0037	0.031	0.0039	0.0078
Cu, copper	0.039	0.043	0.11	0.2	0.2	0.12	0.049	0.15	0.1	0.069	0.18	0.033	0.108
Hg, mercury	0.00016	0.00006	0.00019	0.00082	0.0005	0.00035	0.00011	0.0016	0.00006	0.0001	0.00082	0.00008	0.00040
Ni, nickel	0.0076	0.069	0.022	0.019	0.025	0.016	0.011	0.016	0.021	0.014	0.034	0.017	0.023
Pb, lead	0.0066	0.0076	0.023	0.039	0.0059	0.016	0.008	0.026	0.016	0.011	0.092	0.0054	0.021
Zn, zinc	0.076	0.084	0.15	0.29	0.27	0.13	0.07	0.2	0.14	0.098	0.27	0.048	0.152

HEAVY METALS, EFFLUENT (mg/L)
Ag, silver	0.00018	0.0011	0.00039	0.00022	0.0033	0.00072	0.00038	0.00052	0.00049	0.00057	0.0039	0.00038	0.0010
As, arsenic	0.00042	0.00026	0.00048	0.00065	0.00041	0.00023	0.00043	0.00021	0.00056	0.00024	0.00044	0.00047	0.0004
Be, beryllium	0.00008	0.00003	0.00003	0.00008	0.00008	0.00003	0.00005	0.00003	0.00003	0.00003	0.00003	0.00003	4.42E-05
Cd, cadmium	0.00026	0.0001	0.00006	0.00003	0.00005	0.0001	0.00018	0.00003	0.00004	0.00004	0.00004	0.00003	0.00008
Cr, chromium	0.0008	0.0012	0.0006	0.0011	0.0013	0.0005	0.001	0.0006	0.0006	0.0008	0.001	0.0004	0.0008
Cu, copper	0.0082	0.0097	0.024	0.019	0.0054	0.0074	0.0084	0.0089	0.0058	0.0043	0.0057	0.007	0.0095
Hg, mercury	0.00008	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	0.00006	6.17E-05
Ni, nickel	0.0059	0.0098	0.01	0.0066	0.0038	0.0036	0.008	0.0045	0.0079	0.0063	0.0072	0.012	0.0071
Pb, lead	0.0005	0.0008	0.0004	0.0006	0.0009	0.0019	0.002	0.0017	0.0016	0.0019	0.0018	0.001	0.0013
Zn, zinc	0.051	0.021	0.018	0.028	0.017	0.022	0.03	0.017	0.025	0.033	0.026	0.029	0.026

NUTRIENTS, INFLUENT (mg/L)
NH3, ammonia	11.64	16.98	14.99	16.91	15.32	17.32	18.64	16.39	17.32	15.93	19.29	26.07	17.23
NO2	0.393	0.112	0.051	0.021	0.032	0.025	0.06	0.053	0.081	0.065	0.16	0.035	0.091
NO3	0.3825	0.6625	0.245	0.5788	0.3933	0.4053	0.3013	0.4468	0.569	0.4853	0.59	0.265	0.444
TKN (total kjeldahl nitrogen)	27.5	35.8	30.1	39.7	36.9	29.6	39.7	53	32.8	30.8	37	64.4	38.11
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	15.85	18.8	15.17	22.75	21.58	12.23	21.05	36.6	15.45	14.85	17.68	38.35	20.86
phosphates-ortho	1.823	2.317	2.428	2.277	2.463	2.355	2.79	3.138	2.72	2.424	2.8	4.499	2.670
phosphates-total	3.975	6.466	5.973	6.393	6.492	4.836	6.163	10.289	5.1	4.463	5.337	11.837	6.444

NUTRIENTS, EFFLUENT (mg/L)
NH3, ammonia	5.2	6.34	10.14	10.19	5.48	4.29	5.65	5.56	6.74	6.7	9.24	13.08	7.38
NO2	0.303	0.302	0.313	0.61	0.461	0.363	0.344	0.4	0.429	0.345	0.561	0.401	0.403
NO3	2.9223	2.7355	2.05	3.1525	4.2158	5.0495	5.5205	6.0798	5.3878	4.0005	3.345	1.349	3.817
TKN (total kjeldahl nitrogen)	12.6	11.8	13.3	13.3	8.3	5.8	7.3	7.2	9.3	8.5	12	16	10.45
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	7.43	5.43	3.13	3.08	2.8	1.48	1.63	1.6	2.53	1.83	2.78	2.9	3.05
phosphates-ortho	1.415	1.483	2.143	2.324	2.244	2.409	2.636	3.065	2.75	2.065	0.908	1.555	2.083
phosphates-total	2.875	2.746	2.465	2.645	3.486	2.987	2.898	3.18	3.39	2.395	1.414	2.982	2.789

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

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