Report - Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

13. WRP Greenhouse Gas Monitoring.
14. University of Illinois Com Fertility at Fulton County.
15. Lab Test for Enhanced Primary Settling.
16. Process to Further Reduce Pathogens Biosolids Monitoring.
17. Streetscape Groundwater, Stormwater and Wastewater Monitoring.
18. District-wide Aeration Survey.
Industrial Waste Division. Metals analyses are conducted on regulated categorical industrial
discharges to determine compliance with the SWCO. The following 15 metals are regulated:
arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, manganese, mercury,
nickel, selenium, silver, vanadium and zinc.
Other Services. In addition to typical water, wastewater, and biosolids analyses, this laboratory
also performs analyses on materials purchased by the District (such as lubricants, sodium
hypochlorite, polymer, and FeCh) for verification of contract requirements.
Analytical services for certain essential processes at the Stickney WRP are provided seven
days a week. The following critical areas are supported: (l) monitoring of mixed liquor and
return sludge concentrations, (2) the raw sludge thickening process, and (3) the biosolids dewatering
operation.
Industrial Waste Analytical Laboratory
Located at the Lue-Hing R&D Complex, this laboratory performed 181,730 analyses on
23,778 samples. The laboratory performs analyses for fats, oils and greases (collectively, FOG);
several species of cyanide (total, amenable to chlorination, and weak acid dissociable); phenols;
total organic carbon (TOC); total and suspended solids; biochemical, carbonaceous biochemical,
and chemical oxygen demands (BOD5, CBOD5 and COD) and all required support analyses; residual
chlorine; pH; and DO in support ofthe following:
Maintenance and Operations Department.
1. Process Control, Operations Monitoring, and NPDES Permit Compliance
Monitoring for the District's seven WRPs.
2. Biosolids processing areas at HASMA, LASMA, RASMA, Stony Island, and
Calumet.
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