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Handling of Metal Bearing Wastes at Erie, Pennsylvania JOHN W. TOWNSEND Sanitary Engineer Consoer, Townsend & Associates Chicago, Illinois The purpose of this paper is to present basic design data and a description of the two waste treatment plants now under construction at the Erie Works of the General Electric Company as well as the prob¬ lems involved in the collecting of the various spent acids and metal bearing and cyanide rinse waters, and conveying the same to central points for subsequent neutralization and treatment prior to discharging into the waters of Lake Erie. In order to assist the Sanitary Water Board of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in its campaign to "preserve and improve the purity of the waters of the Commonwealth for the protection of public health, animal and aquatic life, and for industrial consumption and recreation", the Erie Works of the General Electric Company conducted extensive surveys and investigations and determinations relative to the volume and character of industrial wastes being discharged untreated into Lake Erie. Numerous preliminary contacts were made with the Sanitary Water Board regarding standards of design and methods of treatment. Preliminary ideas advanced by the General Electric Company incorpo¬ rated the utilization of continuous flow facilities for cyanide treatment in order to reduce construction costs. However, the Sanitary Water Board was not in accord with the General Electric Company proposal and insisted on the "Batch Method" of treatment. A report was written which summarized the findings and made recommendations for treating the toxic and metal-bearing wastes being discharged by the works. The report, preliminary plans and an application for a permit to construct facilities for the treatment of these wastes were then presented to the Sanitary Water Board with the request that approval thereof be granted. Following the issuance of a permit by the Sanitary Water Board to construct the required facilities, the Engineering Firm of Consoer, Townsend & Associates was engaged by the General Electric Company to review the preliminary plans and report, make additional quantitative and qualitative analyses of the wastes to be treated, design facilities for 292
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Purdue Identification Number | ETRIWC195131 |
Title | Handling of metal bearing wastes at Erie, Pennsylvania |
Author | Townsend, John W. |
Date of Original | 1951 |
Conference Title | Proceedings of the Sixth Industrial Waste Utilization Conference |
Conference Front Matter (copy and paste) | http://e-archives.lib.purdue.edu/u?/engext, 106 |
Extent of Original | p. 292-303 |
Collection Title | Engineering Technical Reports Collection, Purdue University |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
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Title | page 292 |
Date of Original | 1951 |
Collection Title | Engineering Technical Reports Collection, Purdue University |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Rights Statement | Digital object copyright Purdue University. All rights reserved. |
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Transcript | Handling of Metal Bearing Wastes at Erie, Pennsylvania JOHN W. TOWNSEND Sanitary Engineer Consoer, Townsend & Associates Chicago, Illinois The purpose of this paper is to present basic design data and a description of the two waste treatment plants now under construction at the Erie Works of the General Electric Company as well as the prob¬ lems involved in the collecting of the various spent acids and metal bearing and cyanide rinse waters, and conveying the same to central points for subsequent neutralization and treatment prior to discharging into the waters of Lake Erie. In order to assist the Sanitary Water Board of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in its campaign to "preserve and improve the purity of the waters of the Commonwealth for the protection of public health, animal and aquatic life, and for industrial consumption and recreation", the Erie Works of the General Electric Company conducted extensive surveys and investigations and determinations relative to the volume and character of industrial wastes being discharged untreated into Lake Erie. Numerous preliminary contacts were made with the Sanitary Water Board regarding standards of design and methods of treatment. Preliminary ideas advanced by the General Electric Company incorpo¬ rated the utilization of continuous flow facilities for cyanide treatment in order to reduce construction costs. However, the Sanitary Water Board was not in accord with the General Electric Company proposal and insisted on the "Batch Method" of treatment. A report was written which summarized the findings and made recommendations for treating the toxic and metal-bearing wastes being discharged by the works. The report, preliminary plans and an application for a permit to construct facilities for the treatment of these wastes were then presented to the Sanitary Water Board with the request that approval thereof be granted. Following the issuance of a permit by the Sanitary Water Board to construct the required facilities, the Engineering Firm of Consoer, Townsend & Associates was engaged by the General Electric Company to review the preliminary plans and report, make additional quantitative and qualitative analyses of the wastes to be treated, design facilities for 292 |
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