Nitrogen resources
- Poisoned Waters - PBS Frontline documentary examining threats facing the nation’s iconic waterways like the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound
Watch the Video - Septic Systems and Nitrogen Pollution - Coalition for Buzzards Bay-produced document providing brief overview of nitrogen pollution and wastewater treatment alternatives.
Download Document pdf (1.3 MB) - EPA Nutrient Control Design Manual - This document presents findings from an extensive review of nitrogen and phosphorus control technologies and techniques currently applied and emerging at municipal wastewater treatment plants. Download Document pdf (3.2 MB)
- EPA Municipal Nutrient Removal Technologies Reference Document - This EPA reference manual will help municipal utility owners and operators, state permit writers and regulators plan cost-effective nutrient removal projects for municipal wastewater treatment facilities.
- Volume 1: Detailed technical and cost information about both biological and
physiochemical treatment technologies. It includes detailed process descriptions
and operating factors for processes that can remove nitrogen, phosphorus, or
both from municipal wastewater. Also includes data on process performance and
reliability. Download Document pdf (4.2 MB)
- Volume 2: Nine in-depth facility studies that examine the factors involved in
successful process design and operation, and cost analysis. Download
Document pdf (10.2 MB)
- Nitrogen Control program for the Long Island Sound – Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection -
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site - General Information on Nutrient Pollution – Chesapeake Bay Program Office - Web
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- Information on the Chesapeake Bay Dead Zone - Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Web
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- Nutrient loading to estuaries in Massachusetts – The Massachusetts Estuaries Project - Web
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