Characterizing Beauty Salon Wastewater for the Purpose of Regulating Onsite Disposal Systems
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INTRODUCTION There are many beauty salons in New Jersey located in areas not served by sanitary sewers. Salons in these areas discharge their liquid wastes into septic systems and/or other types of subsurface disposal systems. Prior to 1992, little information existed regarding the potential risk associated with the wastewater these salons generate. In 1992, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Department) enforcement personnel initiated a program to sample eight beauty salons, for the purpose of determining the characteristics of the liquid wastes generated by those facilities and to provide a basis for regulating them appropriately. This document presents the findings from that study, and concludes with a summary of the policy for regulating beauty salons in New Jersey. It is reasonable to believe that the results of this study could apply to beauty salons in other States.
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