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Is this Industrial Wastewater, or something else?

To be Industrial Wastewater....

• Must be waste
• Must be liquid
• Must not be Domestic Wastewater (water from sinks, drains, showers and toilets)
• Can not be Hazardous Waste
• Can not be uncontaminated rainwater (that's Stormwater)

Some examples of Industrial Wastewater Facilities regulated by the Department of Environmental Protection

• Car Washes
• Citrus Processing
• Concrete Batch Plants
• Dairy Industries
• Dewatering from both Petroleum and non-petroleum contaminated sites (Chapter 62.621.300 (1) and (2), Florida Administrative Code) 
• Discharges of demineralization concentrate from Water Treatment Facilities
• Groundwater Remediation Sites
• Mushroom Farms
• Power Plants- some wastewater activities at Power Plants

Is this Industrial Wastewater?

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Vehicle Washing Operations

Florida Statute Section 403.087 requires that any stationary source of potential pollution requires a current valid permit on an Exemption for construction, operation, maintenance, etc of such a source.  Vehicle Wash Water is considered industrial wastewater and a stationary source of potential pollution.  

Some vehicle washing operations require industrial wastewater permits, others do not.  Guide to information needed to determine if a permit is required for a vehicle washing operation. [.doc 84kb]

• Best Management Practices for Mobile Vehicle Washing

• Guide to Best Management Practices for 100% Closed-Loop Recycled Systems at Vehicles Wash & Other Equipment Wash Facilities

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PowerPoint Presentations

        Note: PowerPoint viewer can be downloaded from Microsoft.com

• Car Washing

  Note: This presentation was prepared in response to questions asked by people seeking approval for mobile washing operations and covers several alternatives.

• Concrete Batch Plants and Generic Permits
• Pressure Washing

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Ionic Imbalance Technical Documents

• FDEP Protocols for Determining Major Seawater Ion Imbalance Toxicity (MSIIT) in Membrane Technology Water Treatment Concentrate (5/04/2004)

• Ionic Imbalance Calculations

• Variance Requirements

Documents are in .pdf format.  To view them, you'll need the free Adobe Reader software.  Click on Get Adobe Reader below to access Adobe's web site so you can download Adobe Reader.

 

 

• DEP's Wastewater Permitting web site (leaving Central District)

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Industrial Wastewater Contacts List

 

Central District

Industrial Wastewater Permitting Section

3319 Maguire Blvd, Suite 232

Orlando, Florida 32803-3767

Industrial Wastewater Permitting

Phone: 407-897-4150

Fax: 850 412-0493

 

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