Effluent Guidelines (also referred to as Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELGs)) are U.S. national standards for wastewater discharges to surface waters and publicly owned treatment works (POTW) (also called municipal sewage treatment plants). The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues Effluent Guideline regulations for categories of industrial sources of water pollution under Title III of the Clean Water Act (CWA).[1] The standards are technology-based, i.e. they are based on the performance of treatment and control technologies (e.g., Best Available Technology). Effluent Guidelines are not based on risk or impacts of pollutants upon receiving waters.[2]
Since the mid-1970s, EPA has promulgated ELGs for 59 industrial categories, with over 450 subcategories. Effluent Guidelines currently control pollution at approximately 40,000 facilities that discharge directly to the nation's waters, 129,000 facilities that discharge to POTWs, and construction sites. Effluent Guidelines are implemented in water discharge permits issued to facilities through the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).[3]
^United States. Clean Water Act (CWA). CWA section 301(b), 33 U.S.C. § 1311(b); sec. 304(b), 33 U.S.C. § 1314(b); sec. 306, 33 U.S.C. § 1316; sec. 307(b), 33 U.S.C. § 1317(b), sec. 307(c), 33 U.S.C. § 1317(c).
EffluentGuidelines (also referred to as Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELGs)) are U.S. national standards for wastewater discharges to surface waters...
Finishing EffluentGuidelines". EPA. 5 July 2019. "Metal Products and Machinery EffluentGuidelines". EPA. 13 July 2021. Development Document for Effluent Limitations...
Act Standards and Guidelines for the Metals Production Industry". EPA. 1 June 2021. "Iron and Steel Manufacturing EffluentGuidelines". EPA. 13 July 2021...
standards are developed in conjunction with the effluentguidelines program. As with effluentguidelines and NSPS, pretreatment standards consists of Pretreatment...
Regulation. National standards for industrial dischargers are called Effluentguidelines (for existing sources) and New Source Performance Standards, and...
treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable to discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended...
2020-06-30. US EPA, OW (2014-03-10). "Mineral Mining and Processing EffluentGuidelines". US EPA. Retrieved 2020-06-30. Raymond Perrier: Les roches ornementales...
It thus converts it into an effluent that can be returned to the water cycle. Once back in the water cycle, the effluent creates an acceptable impact...
the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). EffluentEffluentguidelines (national industrial wastewater regulations) United States regulation...
"Airport Deicing EffluentGuidelines". EPA. 2021-02-10. Environmental Impact and Benefit Assessment for the Final Effluent Limitation Guidelines and Standards...
and industrial point sources with general or individual permits. Effluentguidelines (technology based standards) for industrial point sources and Water...
choosing handmade paper". Handmade paper. Retrieved 2019-10-15. EPA. "EffluentGuidelines and Standards; Part 430–Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Point Source Category...
discharge regulations (called "effluentguidelines"), which are based on BAT and several related standards. ...effluent limitations for categories and...
including Morgantown, to meet current federal wastewater standards (effluentguidelines) by November 2020. The coal-fired units at these plants discharge...
crystallize and can be filtered out as solids. Effluentguidelines (US wastewater regulations) Effluent limitation Panagopoulos, Argyris; Haralambous,...
regulation is pending as of 2021. In October 2020 EPA published a final effluentguidelines rule that reverses some provisions of its 2015 regulation, which...
Global Information