Feasibility Study, Mohawk Valley Leather Industry Chromium Removal and Recovery from Industrial Wastes

摘要

The study was undertaken to determine whether the individual tanners would save money by recycling chromium, meeting the EPA sewer pretreatment chromium discharge limits without building expensive, end-of-the-pipe systems which will generate chrome-laden sludges. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the feasibility of a cooperative venture between Wells Chemical Company and their local tannery customers, in the recycling of chromium from exhaust liquors currently being discharged into the Johnstown-Gloversville sewer.