1. What national or international standards must you comply with?
2. Choiceof the Effluent Treatment Plant (Technology Specific)
3. What volume of effluent do you have to be treated?
4. What chemicals/contaminants does it contain?
5. At what concentrations? E.g. 25 KL/Hr. with COD of 5000 ppm, and pH of 11.5
6. Do you plan to increase production in future?
7. Will this increase the amount of effluent to be treated?
8. Basic Details of your process from which Effluent is generated
9. How much can you afford to spend on constructing an ETP?
10. How much can you afford to spend on running an ETP?
11. How much land do you have available, or can you buy, on which to build the ETP?
12. Which ETP expert or designer should be used?
13. What type of plant will best suit your requirements? (The answers that you give to the above questions will help you and the designers to decide this).
14. What capacity do you have in your factory to manage the ETP? Do you need to hire more staff or train existing staff?