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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 217DESIGN CRITERIA FOR DOMESTIC WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
SUBCHAPTER JSLUDGE PROCESSING
RULE §217.242Control of Sludge and Supernatant Volumes

(a) Supernatant, filtrate, or centrate resulting from sludge processing must be returned to the headworks of the wastewater treatment facility, the influent lift station, or to a point preceding an aeration system or secondary treatment unit.

(b) A sludge processing unit must limit digester supernatant liquor volume to the greatest extent practicable.

(c) Returned supernatant, filtrate, or centrate from a sludge processing unit must not interfere with wastewater treatment processes in another treatment unit.


Source Note: The provisions of this §217.242 adopted to be effective August 28, 2008, 33 TexReg 6843; amended to be effective December 4, 2015, 40 TexReg 8254

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