Following completion of Chapter 8, students should be able to:

1. Describe the types of industrial wastewaters discharged to sewers.
2. Explain the difference between concentration and mass of pollutants.
3. Outline various types of manufacturing processes and the wastewaters generated from each process.
4. Identify the sources of industrial wastewaters and describe their effects on the pretreatment system and the POTW collection, treatment, and disposal systems.

The main purpose of this chapter is to teach pretreatment facility inspectors the sources and types of industrial wastewaters discharged to sewers and the effects of these wastewaters on the POTW collection, treatment and disposal systems.

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