Neutral Aqueous Environment Waste disposal requirements will vary depending on the soils that are in the used water. DO NOT assume that just because you are using water you can automatically dispose of the water directly to the sewer. Contact your local publicly owned treatment works (POTW) to review your particular application prior to converting to water. Make sure that your facility and the local publicly owned treatment works (POTW) can handle the increase in water disposal and water supply. Use of neutral aqueous solutions may reduce or eliminate annual reporting under SARA Title III, Section 313 (Toxic Chemical Release Reporting). The rate at which closed-loop cleaning systems generate waste streams is much less than that of an open-loop system. The waste may be in the form of contaminated filters and reverse osmosis membranes. State Information | Glossary | Conversion Checklist | Comments Home | Process Advisor | Alternatives | Links | Search All SAGE material, Copyright© 1992, Research Triangle Institute Last Update: 16 March 1995 sage@rti.org http://clean.rti.org/alt.cfm?id=neu&cat=en