Process Wastewater

Basics

• From EPA:
  • "Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact with, or results from the production or use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, byproduct, or waste product."
• In OSE's context it referes to Agricultural Wastewater, Industrial Wastewater etc
• Essentially things with contamination levels above that of even Black Water , or with different chemicals (ie Hydrocarbons, Heavy Metals, etc)

Internal Links

• Cutting Fluid
• Drilling Fluid
• Water Displacement Fluid
• Wet Scrubber

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Urban Runoff - mainly relevant to parking lots, filling stations, car washes, automotive maitenece areas, runways/helipads etc
• The Wikipedia Page on Industrial Wastewater
• The Wikipedia Page on Agricultural Wastewater
• The Wikipedia Page on Produced Water (Water From Drilling, typically in regards to petrolium/shale gas, but other wells/excavations can produce wastewater as well]
• The Source for the Definition