Baltimore, Md., Works AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT Objective • To remove all possible particulate matter from spent gasses leaving electric furnace. To eliminate discharge of practically all mill scale, oil and grease into the Connoquenessing Creek. To clarify for re-circulation 14,000 gallons of water per minute. Estimated Cost $3,000,000 Annual Operating Expense_300,000 Butler, Pa., Works SPENT PICKLING SOLUTIONS DISPOSAL PLANT Objective To eliminate discharge of practically all spent pickling solutions and rinse water into the Connoquenessing Creek. This waste is treated with lime to make an Iron Hydroxide Solution which must be pumped to settling lagoons for permanent storage. (See photo on next page.) Butler, Pa., Works AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT Objective • To remove ali possible particulate matter from spent gasses leaving electric furnaces. Estimated Cost $1,500,000 Annual Operating Expense 100,000 Houston, Texas, Works MILL SCALE WATER CLARIFICATION PLANT Objectives To eliminate discharge of practically all mill scale, oil and grease into the Houston Ship Channel. To clarify for re-circulation 30,000 gallons per minute. Estimated Cost $1,500,000 Annual Operating Expense_200,000 Houston, Texas, Works COKE PLANT WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT Objective To eliminate discharge of practically all coke plant contaminants into the Houston Ship Channel. Estimated Cost $1,250,000 Annual Operating Expense 150,000 Houston, Texas, Works BLAST FURNACE FLUE DUST THICKENER Objective To eliminate practically all particulate matter Estimated Cost $750,000 Annual Operating Expense_50,000 Houston, Texas, Works AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT Objective To remove all possible particulate matter from To separate sanitary waste for discharge to city sewers for final treatment at the new Kansas City sewage disposal plant. Estimated Cost $150,000 Annual Operating Expense 15,000 |