Printer-friendlyWastewater Treatment
From this page you will find generalized information regarding wastewater treatment. However, DEC provides training and technical assistance to the regulated wastewater community to achieve compliance, enhance performance and prevent pollution.
Treatment Processes
Wastewater treatment is one of the most common forms of pollution control. Its basic function is to speed up the natural purification processes. In many instances wastewater treatment is a two-stage process. In the primary stage of wastewater treatment, solids are allowed to settle and are then removed from wastewater. The secondary stage allows biological processes to further purify wastewater.
More about Wastewater Treatment:
- Wastewater Infrastructure Needs of New York State Report - March 2008 report on the wastewater infrastructure needs of NYS
- Plain English Guide for Testing and Reporting of Small Wastewater Systems - This page offers guidance in the procedure and methodology of performing laboratory tests for the reporting of SPDES Limits on the monthly Discharge Monitoring Report or DMR.
- Wastewater Glossaries - This page contains a series of links to professional organizations that provide wastewater glossaries for wastewater terminology.
- Wastewater Infrastructure Security - This page provides a summary of the EPA methodology for determining vulnerability at wastewater treatment plants. It also list numerous publications.
- Contract Operations at Wastewater Treatment Plants - This page lists contract operators and contract operation firms as well as providing information for finding a contract laboratory.
