The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) recently learned from TRSA that local publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) require many commercial laundries to lower the pH of their wastewater before discharging it to the sewer system. TRSA Director of Environmental Affairs Bob Schaffer outlined this situation in his April “On the Environment” column in Textile Rental.
 
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NACWA represents the interests of nearly 300 publicly owned wastewater treatment agencies nationwide. This group provides services for the majority of the sewered population in the United States. Under the federal Clean Water Act, the ...