- Illinois Pollution Control Board Sends Proposal to Set Interim Phosphorus Effluent
Standard to First Notice
On April 7, 2005, the Illinois Pollution Control Board sent a proposed interim
phosphorus effluent standard docket as In the Matter of: Interim Phosphorus Effluent
Standard, Proposed New 35 Ill.
- Meanwhile, the
IEPA and others are in the process of developing scientific information to support a
proposal for numeric water quality nutrient standards.
- Generally, the
limit would apply to new or expanded discharges from wastewater treatment plants with
either a design average flow over 1.0 million gallons per day receiving municipal or
domestic waste water, or a total phosphorus effl...