Industries · Industrial & Manufacturing
Food, beverage, and seafood processing.
Produce packers, poultry and dairy processors, seafood and aquaculture, bakeries, wineries. High-strength, seasonal wastewater that has to stay inside its limits through the busiest week of the year.
Regulatory obligations
- A Significant Indirect User permit with local limits for BOD, TSS, FOG, and pH — or a NJPDES Discharge to Surface Water or Ground Water permit if you treat on site
- A pretreatment or treatment system that needs a licensed operator and daily attention in season
- Monitoring, DMRs, and surcharge sampling from the sewerage authority
- A stormwater permit and SPPP for outdoor storage, loading docks, and waste handling
- Refrigeration (ammonia) and boiler air permits; Tier II reporting for ammonia and chemicals above thresholds
- FSMA water requirements where you handle produce
- Water allocation or well permits for process water
Services
Operations. Class N operator coverage for dissolved-air-flotation, screening, equalization, and biological systems; seasonal start-up and shutdown; troubleshooting when BOD or FOG climbs with production.
Permits and compliance. SIU and NJPDES permits, renewals and modifications when a line is added, DMRs and surcharge reporting, and the sewerage-authority relationship.
Sampling and testing. Compliance and surcharge sampling, FOG and BOD monitoring, process-control bench testing so the operator knows before the authority does.
Plans and training. SPPP and its annual training, SPCC where oil is stored, ammonia-release planning, and spill-response training for the floor.
Engineering support. Capacity and loading evaluations when the plant grows; Treatment Works Approvals for new or modified treatment.
Typical situations
- A surcharge bill that doubled after a product change
- A DAF unit that runs fine in March and fails in August
- A notice that the authority is tightening local limits at renewal
- A winery’s crush season overwhelming a system sized for the rest of the year
- A new produce line bringing FSMA water testing with it
Does this sound like your facility?
Tell us what you run and what the permits say. We’ll tell you what it will take to keep them current.