Wastewater is the used water and solids produced from a community that flows into a centralized treatment plant. Storm water, surface water and groundwater may filter into underground pipes through cracks, joints and storm drains to form a combined sewer system. In a combined sewer system, both rain water and sanitary sewers combine together and flow to the treatment plant. Each person in a community uses approximately 75 gallons of water per day.

While treatment plants remove many possible waste components, individual industries must make their wastes compatible before allowing their industrial wastewater to flow to the central treatment plant.

Premier Laboratory assists wastewater treatment plants and industries with their compliance goals by analyzing both raw and treated waste.

© 2009 Premier Laboratory