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What is Industrial Pretreatment?

"The national pretreatment program is a component of the NPDES program. It is a cooperative effort of federal, state, and local environmental regulatory agencies established to protect water quality. Similar to how EPA authorizes the NPDES permit program to state, tribal, and territorial governments to perform permitting, administrative, and enforcement tasks for discharges to surface waters (NPDES program), EPA and authorized NPDES state pretreatment programs approve local municipalities to perform permitting, administrative, and enforcement tasks for discharges into the municipalities’ publicly owned treatment works  (POTWs). The program is designed to:

  • protect POTWs infrastructure, and
  • reduce conventional and toxic pollutant levels discharged by industries and other nondomestic wastewater sources into municipal sewer systems and into the environment."

What is a POTW?

"A publicly owned treatment works is a treatment works (as defined by CWA section 212) that is owned by a state or municipality [as defined by CWA section 502(4)]. This definition includes any devices or systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes sewers, pipes, or other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW treatment plant. The term also means the municipality [as defined in CWA section 502(4)] that has jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the discharges from such a treatment works. [40 CFR 403.3(q)]"

 Who is CIPCA?

The Colorado Industrial Pretreatment Coordinators Association (CIPCA) is an organization expressly for individuals within the Industrial Pretreatment profession. It acts as a forum which:

  • Enables exchange of technical information regarding pretreatment regulations
  • Serves as a voice for its members when representation at regulatory hearings or other meetings is necessary or desired
  • Educates pretreatment members
  • Aids development and progress of industrial pretreatment regulatory agencies at a local level 

Who should join?

Anyone in the pretreatment field that thinks they could benefit from our numerous trainings, tours, or resource materials.  Our organization provides useful insight to both newer pretreatment professionals as well as those who have many years of experience.

 

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Need help navigating the dizzying world of Industrial Pretreatment?  Join our association to participate in training and tours that take place year round!

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