Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
TITLE 30. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
PART 1. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
CHAPTER 217. DESIGN CRITERIA FOR DOMESTIC WASTEWATER SYSTEMS |
SUBCHAPTER J. SLUDGE PROCESSING |
SECTION 217.242. Control of Sludge and Supernatant Volumes
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(a) Supernatant, filtrate, or centrate resulting from sludge processing must be returned to the headworks of the wastewater treatment facility, the influent lift station, or to a point preceding an aeration system or secondary treatment unit. (b) A sludge processing unit must limit digester supernatant liquor volume to the greatest extent practicable. (c) Returned supernatant, filtrate, or centrate from a sludge processing unit must not interfere with wastewater treatment processes in another treatment unit. Source Note: The provisions of this §217.242 adopted to be effective August 28, 2008, 33 TexReg 6843; amended to be effective December 4, 2015, 40 TexReg 8254