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Control of Toxic Chemicals in Puget Sound
Phase 2:  Improve Loading Estimates

Sub-Task B:  Improve Loading Estimates for POTWs and Industries

This work will improve the estimates of the loadings of toxic chemicals from publicly-owned sewage treatment works (POTWs) and industrial facilities by incorporating the results of prior Priority Pollutant analyses into the initial Phase 1 estimates.  The project will require pulling hardcopy results from Ecology's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System files for an estimated 80 to 100 facilities, entering the analytical results for the Phase 1 chemicals of concern into a database, integrating the new data with the old, and recalculating the loadings of the Phase 1 toxic chemicals of concern.  This project will more accurately estimate toxic chemical loadings from POTWs and industrial facilities.

The Department of Ecology's Water Quality Program will oversee this sub-task.

For more information, contact Jim Maroncelli at 360-407-6588.