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18-Env-B5 Industrial & Hazardous Waste Management: May 2013

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  1. Question 1 Widget-Industry Effluent — River Dilution Assessment
  2. Question 2 Municipal Wastewater Characteristics With and Without Industrial Contributions
  3. Question 3 Substances Causing Toxicity in Biological Oxidation Systems
  4. Question 4 Waste Constituents Requiring Removal Before Discharge
  5. Question 5 Steps in Conducting an Industrial Waste Survey
  6. Question 6 Procedures to Estimate the Organic Content of an Industrial Wastewater
  7. Question 7 COD and TOC of an Ethylene Glycol Wastewater
  8. Question 8 Factors in Selecting a Wastewater-Treatment Process for an Industry
  9. Question 9 Purposes of Equalization for Industrial Wastewater Treatment
  10. Question 10 When to Consider Coagulation for an Industrial Wastewater
  11. Question 11 Definitions
  12. Question 12 Management of Nuclear Wastes
  13. Question 13 Fuel Cycle for a Heavy Water Reactor — Mining to Permanent Disposal
  14. Question 14 Uranium Mine Tailings Management Strategy
  15. Question 15 What is Yellowcake?
  16. Question 16 Administration of the National Biomedical Waste Guideline in Canada
  17. Question 17 Disposal Options for Untreated Biomedical Waste by Category
  18. Question 18 Strategies to Reduce Fish Toxicity from WWTP Effluents
  19. Question 19 Strategies to Limit Discharge of Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Products

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Reference texts: Nemerow & Dasgupta, Industrial and Hazardous Waste Treatment, 2nd ed.; Metcalf & Eddy, Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery, 5th ed.; Davis & Cornwell, Introduction to Environmental Engineering, 6th ed.; LaGrega, Buckingham & Evans, Hazardous Waste Management, 2nd ed.; CCME, Guidelines for the Management of Biomedical Waste in Canada (1992); Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) regulatory framework and NWMO Adaptive Phased Management; Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), 1999.

All nineteen questions are compulsory on this paper and are answered in full below.