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Hi All,</div>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;color:black">A pharmaceutical manufacturer wants to truck their wash water to us for treatment. I seek your guidance regarding substances of concern to get test results for. All the typically required tests had acceptable results.</span>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;color:black">Is correct that pharmaceuticals can be a significant source of the following? And, if so, what tests should I require and what results would be of concern? Finally, do you happen to know of a laboratory certified
in the test method? (I haven't yet asked the lab we use for referrals.)</div>
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<li><span style="margin:0px">Silica. Becomes siloxane (during anaerobic digestion) which must be removed before we burn our biogas. Is <span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt">ASTM D859 the appropriate test to run?</span></span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt">PFAS. According to the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">AMSA) </span>there is an ongoing review of PFAS testing methods. Because
of the review should I not require PFAS testing or ask for EPA Method 8327 or another method<span style="margin:0px;background-color:white">?</span></span><br>
</li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt">Color. Is Method 110.1, 110.2, or 110.3 (as applicable) <span style="margin:0px;background-color:white">the appropriate test to run?</span></span><br>
</li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt">Cationic surfactants. They provided results for EPA Method 5540C which only measures anionic surfactants. Is there a test method for cationic surfactants?</span><br>
</li><li>Anything else?</li></ol>
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Your input is appreciated!</div>
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Best,</div>
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Ed Gottlieb</div>
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IAWWTF Pretreatment Coordinator</div>
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Ithaca, NY</div>
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