TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE C: WATER POLLUTION
CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
PART 304 EFFLUENT STANDARDS
SECTION 304.201 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DISCHARGES OF THE METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO


 

Section 304.201  Wastewater Treatment Plant Discharges of The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

 

a)         Calumet Treatment Plant Cyanide Discharges:

 

            The effluent standards of Section 304.124 as applied to cyanide discharges, Sections 304.120(b) and (c) and Section 304.122 do not apply to BOD5, total suspended solids, cyanide, and ammonia-nitrogen discharged from the Calumet Sewage Treatment Works of The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.  Instead it must meet the following effluent standard, subject to the averaging rule of Section 304.104(a), effective July 1, 1988:

 

CONSTITUENT

STORET

NUMBER

CONCENTRATION

mg/l

 

 

 

CBOD5

80082

24

SS

00530

28

Ammonia-Nitrogen (as N)

00610

13

Cyanide

00720

0.15

 

b)         North Side Sewage Treatment Works:

 

            The effluent standards of Sections 304.120(b) and (c) and 304.122 do not apply to BOD5, total suspended solids, and ammonia-nitrogen discharged from the North Side Sewage Treatment Works of The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.  Instead, it must meet the following standard, subject to the averaging rule of Section 304.104(a) effective July 1, 1988:

 

CONSTITUENT

STORET

NUMBER

CONCENTRATION

mg/l

 

 

 

CBOD5

80082

12

SS

00530

20

Ammonia Nitrogen (as N)

 

 

April - October

00610 

2.5

November - March

00610 

4.0

 

 

(Source:  Amended at  20 Ill. Reg. 3528, effective February 8, 1996)