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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

Industrial User Waste Survey Procedures Webinar

This webinar discusses the regulatory background of industrial wastewater surveys used to identify industrial user (IU) discharges of concern to publicly owned treatment works (POTWs), procedures for conducting the initial and ongoing surveys, timing of conducting the surveys, conducting reassessments, and procedures on how to keep the survey information update and current. The webinar presents helpful hints and common errors found during the surveying processes.

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