2006-10-09 03:16:03 · 2 answers · asked by unquenchablethirst 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
The handling of industrial waste is an important detail of production management. Sounds like someone is trying to correct the effluent's PH and/or cause something within the solution to chelate. This was (and likely is) unacceptable under most regulations, federal and state by state, unless you have certain difficult to obtain and seldom issued licenses and permissions. If this effluent is discharged into a river or onto the ground there is a risk of contaminating local water supplies. If it is discharged into a sewage line there is danger of damaging the sewage treatment plant downline and adversely affecting its discharge or operation. This practice is likely being done illegally. Fines are in the thousands of dollars per discharge and remediation work can run into millions. Some one should check their local laws and clean up their act.
2006-10-09 03:31:25 · answer #1 · answered by Nightstalker1967 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it depends what the waste is. either they are correcting the pH or reacting something to create something more environmentally friendly
2006-10-09 11:51:40 · answer #2 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋