Water and Wastewater Services

Effluent Discharge Limits

All non-domestic wastewater discharged to the Broward County North Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant must meet the following pollutant limitations:

Parameter  Max- Conc. Units 
Arsenic, Total    0.10  mg/L
 Boron  1.00  mg/L
 BODs 400  mg/L 
 Cadmium, Total  0.70  mg/L
 Chromium, Total  1.0  mg/L
 COD 800  mg/L 
 Copper, Total 2.0  mg/L 
 Cyanide 0.25  mg/L 
 H2s  1.5  mg/L
 Iron, Total  10.0  mg/L
 Lead, Total  0.4  mg/L
 Mercury  0.1  mg/L
 NH3-N  25.0 mg/L 
 Nickel, Total  1.8 mg/L 
 Oil & Grease  100 mg/L
 pH  5.0-10.0  S.U.
 Phenols  0.2  mg/L
 Phosphate, Total  5.0  mg/L
 Silver, Total 0.35  mg/L 
 Temperature  150.0  oF
 TKN  30.0 mg/L 
 TRPH  50.0  mg/L
 TSS  400  mg/L
 TTO 1.0  mg/L 
 VOC  0.60 mg/L 
 Zinc, Total 1.48   mg/L 


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