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The Warsaw Wastewater Utility will be hosting an informational meeting Wednesday regarding changes to its industrial wastewater pretreatment program in council chambers, 302 E. Market St., at 10 a.m.
The program regulates the discharge of industrial process wastewaters into the city sewer system. The program is necessary to protect the city's two wastewater treatment plants and sewer collection system, and to ensure that the Wastewater Utility complies with all of its regulatory obligations.
At the Warsaw Board of Works meeting Friday, city attorney Mike Valentine said there are possible violations regarding industrial discharge into the system with non-contact cooling waters at a rate of 200,000 gallons per day entering the system.
Valentine said the meeting was recommended by Triad Engineers.
Clam Shell Mussels, an endangered species, resides in the Tippecanoe River and their habitat must be protected. Valentine said copper, specifically from household plumbing, must be very limited.
The pretreatment program changes are being made to address concerns recently raised by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management involving the administration of the city's current pretreatment program. Although these program changes will impact the city's larger industrial users, there are a number of issues involving the operation of the city's new treatment facility that have the potential to greatly expand the pretreatment program scope.
Spills of materials from any source not compatible with the wastewater treatment process are also of a concern to the city. This issue will be discussed at this meeting as well.
For more information call Duane Griner, industrial pretreatment coordinator, 372-9562.
