On-Site Oil In Water Measurements using Portable IR Analysers

摘要

Oil in water discharges are highly regulated and each region of the world has their specific regulations. For the offshore oil industry, regulating bodies such as the NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) in the US have strict part per million (ppm) limits that are coupled with costly fines for non-compliance. Onshore industrial wastewater producers also have limits imposed either by the wastewater treatment facilities or by government regulations such as the US Clean Water Act (CWA) or the EUs Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC). Excessive amounts of oil in the wastewater discharge can lead to fines and/or pollution from sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs).