Wastewater Outfall and Permit Management Software
ESS software allows organizations to reduce the effort involved in achieving and maintaining compliance with Clean Water Act wastewater discharge permit limits and focus on strategic performance and risk reducing objectives.
Collect
Gathers, stores, and organizes the data necessary in water program management, including:
- Analytic results made available in spreadsheet format by laboratories
- Integrated from laboratory information management systems (LIMS)
- User-definable parameters such as flow, temperature, and other monitoring data monitored onsite
- Observation information (e.g., presence of an oil sheen) entered via web data entry forms
Process
Manages ongoing programs, including:
- Supply inlet, injection well, point source discharge, and area (e.g., stormwater) discharge information processing
- Compliance with permitted limits, based on pollutant discharge load or concentration, including email notifications where limits are approached or exceeded
- View data trends and snapshots by discharge point or parameters monitored
- Facility-based limitations, such as those created in support of an environmental management system
Deliver
Produces outputs in formats such as:
- Paper and Electronic format discharge monitoring reports
- Dashboard views of KPIs
Benefits & Features
| Benefits | Features | ||
| Manages process water and storm water compliance programs and reporting | Tracks user-definable discharge rate and variables, i.e., pH and temperature. Manages concentration data on any metals or chemical compounds monitored, where the chemicals can be tracked and reported against user-definable watch lists. | ||
| Manages fresh water consumption information, where limited fresh water supply can limit operational flexibility | Tracks variables such as freshwater consumption rate by volume, drawdown rate of water bodies, and quality of incoming fresh water streams. | ||
| Increases efficiency and consistency of generating water compliance-related reports | Automates data collection, calculations and reporting to reduce the time spent on reporting. | ||
| Decrease risk of non-conformance with outfall emission limits | Establishes limit values for each outfall variable, and document each location at the appropriate level of detail Automated warnings for permit limit exceedances |
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| Automates data handling to save time, increase auditability, and decrease introduction of errors by manual entry | Integrates with laboratory information management systems for analytic data, either directly using an open API or with data importing Handles replacement of data below detection limits with user-defined substitution values |
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Clients
- Aerojet General Corp.
- Cytec Industries
- DynMcDermott (SPR)
- Duke Energy
- Foster Poultry Farms
- MeadWestvaco
- Santee Cooper
- Spectra Energy
- WE Energies
Case Studies
- Eastern Municipal Water District
Compliance System Earns Payback in 2 Years, Projected Savings $1.3 Million - Koppers
Enhances Global SH&E Compliance Capability, Reduces Incident Reporting Time by 50% - The Dow Chemical Company
Environmental Reporting Project Streamlines Emissions Management, Reduces Costs $2 Million
Solutions
- Part of the ESS Environmental Compliance Solution™
- Available in Essential Suite™
