MCCCD Program Description

Industrial Pretreatment

Course: WRT200

First Term: 2020 Fall

Lecture 3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S - Standard Load

Description: Principles of industrial pretreatment programs. Overview of industrial facilities inspections and pollution prevention strategies. Sampling techniques of industrial wastewaters. Field exercises to acquire industrial wastewater quality data and industrial discharge flow measurements. Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC), and data processing techniques included. Safety procedures stressed.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Explain the purpose of industrial pretreatment programs. (I, II) 2. Describe pretreatment standards applicable to industrial facilities. (III) 3. Describe industrial discharges permit requirements and enforcement actions. (IV, VIII) 4. Collect wastewater samples from industrial discharges using specific equipment for wastewater quality sampling. (V) 5. Demonstrate methods of industrial wastewater sampling including flow proportional and time composite. (V) 6. Report on field water quality analyses including water temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, and chlorine residual. (V) 7. Demonstrate the use of automatic samplers in industrial wastewater sampling. (V) 8. Demonstrate the calibration and use of potential of hydrogen (pH) meters, conductivity meters, and dissolved oxygen meters. (V) 9. Demonstrate field safety procedures in industrial wastewater sampling. (V, VI) 10. Measure industrial discharges flow with field measurement equipment. (VI) 11. Develop Quality Assurance Project Plans and Sampling and Analysis Plans. (VII) 12. Demonstrate the use of data quality objectives and QA/QC in water quality sampling. (VII) 13. Describe pollution prevention strategies at industrial facilities. (IX)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Overview of the national pretreatment program A. Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) and the need for the pretreatment program B. Sewage treatment plant C. Industrial discharges D. Commercial source control E. Pretreatment regulations 1. Clean Water Act 2. General pretreatment regulations 3. POTW pretreatment programs II. Industrial processes A. Water usage B. Industrial wastewater pretreatment III. Pretreatment standards A. Prohibited discharge standards B. Categorical standards C. Local limits IV. Wastewater discharge permit and inspections A. Discharge requirements B. Permit reporting requirements C. Record keeping D. Inspection and entry E. Compliance schedule F. Toxic organic management plan G. Slug control plan V. Wastewater sampling and analysis A. Compliance samples 1. Grab 2. Composite 3. Flow proportional 4. Time composite B. Sampling equipment 1. Automatic samplers 2. Sample containers and preservation C. Chain of custody records D. Analytical methods E. Equipment maintenance and safety F. Field equipment calibration G. Parameters for field determination 1. Specific conductance 2. Potential of Hydrogen (pH) 3. Temperature 4. Dissolved oxygen 5. Chlorine residual VI. Industrial discharge flow measurements A. Parshall flume B. Palmer-Bowlus flume C. Weirs VII. Quality assurance/quality control A. Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPP) B. Sampling and analysis plans C. Data quality objectives 1. Accuracy 2. Precision 3. Representativeness 4. Completeness 5. Comparability a. QC samples b. Record keeping VIII. Enforcement A. Types of violations 1. Reporting 2. Effluent 3. Other B. Enforcement actions and penalties C. Significant noncompliance IX. Pollution prevention A. Pollution Prevention Act B. Waste hierarchy C. Pollution prevention/reduction 1. Operating practices 2. Material substitution 3. Equipment modification 4. Reuse and recycle D. Benefits E. Case studies

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 25, 2020

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