Aerial view of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Industrial wastewater will be recycled as the result of a long-term strategy to treat wastewater rather than discharging it into the environment. Improved compliance while recycling millions of gallons of industrial wastewater LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, January 20, 2012—Millions of gallons of industrial wastewater will be recycled at Los Alamos National Laboratory as the result of a long-term strategy to treat wastewater rather than discharging it into the environment. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, which issues permits for industrial and sanitary wastewater discharges, recently approved the removal of four more outfalls from the Laboratory's permit. (An outfall is where wastewater from Lab operations is discharged down canyons. Only 11 outfalls remain, down from 141 in 1993. "One of the objectives of our Environmental Management System is to reduce liquid discharges to a single outfall by the end of 2012," said Dennis Hjeresen, Division Leader of the Environmental Protection Division at the Lab.
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