WEF Discussion Forums : Laboratory Management and Technical Issues : Setting ethanol and methanol limits. Can Ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol) Industrial wastestream discharges to the collection system be controled with a BOD limit or will a separate Ethanol limit need to be established?  

 

Also can Methanol (Methyl Alcohol), a hazardous waste when discharged to the sanitary sewer, be discharged at any level without negatively impacting the wastewater treatment plant?

 

 


]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 21:35:29 GMT RBladen wrote:

Can Ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol) Industrial wastestream discharges to the collection system be controled with a BOD limit or will a separate Ethanol limit need to be established?  

 

Also can Methanol (Methyl Alcohol), a hazardous waste when discharged to the sanitary sewer, be discharged at any level without negatively impacting the wastewater treatment plant?

 

 

Quote from the Methanol Institute:    Product grade methanol, when disposed, is a listed hazardous waste.  Waste methanol, or water contaminated with methanol, is considered a hazardous waste and must never be discharged directly into sewers or surface waters.



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