ALTIVIA - Application Detail (Phenol Destruction)

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Phenol Destruction

Surface water often contains phenols from industrial effluents. Undesirable phenolic wastes are produced by many industries including the chemical, plastics and resins, coke, steel and petroleum industries.

Phenol is one of the EPA’s Priority Pollutants. Under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), releases of more than one pound of phenol into the air, water and land must be reported annually and entered into the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). Phenol has a high oxygen demand and can readily deplete oxygen in the receiving water, with detrimental effects on those organisms that abstract dissolved oxygen for their metabolism. Phenol is persistent in the environment when released in large quantities, or if it is continuously released from a source.

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Industrial Water