Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP)
IPP
– Discharge Pretreatment Oversight
Our Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP) was developed
in the early 1980's for monitoring and regulating non-domestic sewer users and enforcing
specific discharge limits. IPP works with all types of non-domestic dischargers
(businesses) to ensure that regulations and sewer use ordinances (SUO) are observed,
and that we are working
together to protect our environment.
All non-domestic users discharging to our system are required
to have an IPP permit to discharge to the sewer. An IPP application form is available
on this website.
IPP has two full time Technicians that take samples of
wastewater being discharged from various locations throughout the system. These
samples are tested for various pollutants for compliance. This verifies and assures
businesses understand what limitations are of concern for various substances.
Contaminant limitations
on discharges to the sewer are necessary so that the Treatment Plants can continue
to operate:
o
Without interference with
the biological treatment systems of the plants,
o To avoid concentrations of various pollutants
that could end up in our biosolids, which is recycled as fertilizer,
o So that various pollutants are not discharged
into the
Flint
and
Shiawassee
Rivers
within the
Saginaw Valley
Watershed.
The sewer use
ordinance which includes local limits is available on the web site.
The limits are enforced through the monitoring efforts of the IPP staff.
IPP uses some
interesting equipment. Pollutants can be sampled over a 24-hour period from businesses
that are discharging to the sewer. The samples are taken to the laboratory at AR
Treatment Plant and analyzed for pollutants released by the business.
Once the samples have been tested the results are evaluated
and studied by the IPP Supervisor. The data is used to verify compliance, generate
surcharges and enforcement action, if necessary.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Joseph M. Goergen -
Plant Manager
email:
jgoergen@gcdcwws.com
Lisa Milton - IPP Supervisor
email:
lmilton@gcdcwws.com
LaTanya Banks - IPP Tech
Patrice Curtis - IPP Tech
Located at:
A.R. Treatment Plant
G-9290 Farrand Rd.
Montrose, MI 48457
ph: (810)232-7662
fax:(810)232-3280