Treatability of priority pollutants status review and case histories

Available literature data on the removal of inorganic and organic classes of priority pollutants (e.g., phenol) are surveyed and descriptions are given of industrial wastewater treatment projects, including the treatment of wastewaters containing acrylonitrile, produced via ammoxidation of propylene, by at-the-source alkaline hydrolysis followed by biological treatment and a precoat diatomaceous earth filtration technique; the treatment of phenol-containing wastewater from resinous binder production in an activated sludge system; the removal of trichloroethylene, a degreasant, from ground water by pumping out the contaminated ground water and subjecting it to air stripping; and organic priority pollutants reduction across a large publicly owned sewage and industrial wastes treatment works.