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Large seawater lagoons and lido systems now possible with the minimum of filtration when ACO, NoPhos and APF products are used to treat the water.   Perfotmance factor of public swimming pool systems reduced to less than 2 giving an 80% to 90% reduction in chlorine consumption.

 

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Wastewater Directives

 

Urban waste water treatment
Directive 91/271/EEC
ParametersConcentrationMinimum percentage of reduction (1)Reference method of measurement
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5 at 20 °C) without nitrification (2)25 mg/l O270-90

40 under

Article 4 (2)

Homogenized, unfiltered, undecanted sample. Determination of dissolved oxygen before and after five-day incubation at 20 °C ± 1 °C, in complete darkness. Addition of a nitrification inhibitor
Chemical oxygen demand (COD)125 mg/l O275Homogenized, unfiltered, undecanted sample Potassium dichromate
Total suspended solids35 mg/l

35 under

Article 4 (2)

(more than 10 000 p.e.)

60 under

Article 4 (2)

(2 000-10 000 p.e.)

90 (3)

90 under

Article 4 (2)

(more than 10 000 p.e.)

70 under

Article 4 (2)

(2 000-10 000 p.e.)

- Filtering of a representative sample through a 0,45 ìm filter membrane. Drying at 105 °C and weighing

- Centrifuging of a representative sample (for at least five mins with mean acceleration of 2 800 to 3 200 g), drying at 105 °C and weighing

(1) Reduction in relation to the load of the influent.
(2) The parameter can be replaced by another parameter: total organic carbon (TOC) or total oxygen demand (TOD) if a relationship can be established between BOD5 and the substitute parameter.
(3) This requirement is optional.
Analyses concerning discharges from lagooning shall be carried out on filtered samples; however, the concentration of total suspended solids in unfiltered water samples shall not exceed 150 mg/l.

Table 2:

Requirements for discharges from urban waste water treatment plants to sensitive areas which are subject to eutrophication as identified in Annex II.A (a). One or both parameters may be applied depending on the local situation. The values for concentration or for the percentage of reduction shall apply.

ParametersConcentrationMinimum percentage of reduction (1)Reference method of measurement
Total phosphorus2 mg/l P
(10 000 - 100 000 p. e.)

1 mg/l P
(more than

100 000 p. e.)

80Molecular absorption spectrophotometry
Total nitrogen (2)15 mg/l N

(10 000 - 100 000 p. e.)

10 mg/l N
(more than

100 000 p. e.) (3)

70-80Molecular absorption spectrophotometry

 

  • the Surface Water Directive (Directives 75/440/EEC and 79/869/EEC)
  • the Bathing Water Directive (Directive 76/160/EEC)
  • the Dangerous Substances Directive (Directive 76/464/EEC, as amended by Directive 91/692/EEC, and "daughter" Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC and 86/280/EEC)
  • the Fish Water Directive (Directive 78/659/EEC)
  • the Shellfish Water Directive (Directive 79/923/EEC)
  • the Groundwater Directive (Directive 80/68/EEC)
  • the Drinking Water Directive of 15 July 1980 (Directive 80/778/EEC)
  • the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (Directive 91/271/EEC)
  • the Nitrate Directive (Directive 91/676/EEC)
  • the Drinking Water Directive of 3 November 1998 (Directive 98/83/EC)