HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-08-29 MEMO- Upgrade Meeting 1
MEMORANDUM
TO: File
FROM: Carl E. Lawson, Jr., Hazardous Waste Inspector
SUBJECT: Kaleidoscope Imprints
103C Mid Tech Drive
DATE: August 29, 2011
On August 23, 2011 I attended a meeting at Kaleidoscope Imprints at the request
of business owner Steve Karras.
Meeting Attendees:
Sue Tobelman Kaleidoscope
Steve Karras Kaleidoscope
Nick Kaleidoscope
Carl Lawson Yarmouth Health
Phil Ventriglia Chemical Consultants, Inc. (manufacturer of water recycling
system)
Paul Chemical Supplier
Kaleidoscope seeks to upgrade their water filtration system as the present
system is prone to clogging, requiring an inordinate amount of time to maintain.
Several systems are under consideration by Kaleidoscope. The system
discussed at the above meeting will better clean the recycled water by first (1)
using a clay-based additive that helps the emulsion better bind together so that it
can be more effectively filtered from the water and (2) using a filtering system
that filters smaller particles than the present system. The model considered is the
CCI-150FS. The machine capacity is 150 gallons of water treated per batch.
Therefore, there are three benefits of the new system: (1) better contaminant
separation (due to the clay-based additive that binds the emulsion together); (2)
better water filtration (due to smaller micron filters); and (3) greater water
capacity (due to the capacity of the filtration machine.
The material captured by the bag filters is a mixture of emulsion and clay
additive. After removal from the filter bags the material would be dried outside
until solidified and then is approved by the EPA for disposal as general trash. Mr.
Phil Ventriglia agreed to provide the Health Office with documentation on this
item.
Another system would use an evaporator to evaporate the waste water, but this
was not investigated at this meeting.
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All systems would require secondary containment per Yarmouth regulation.
Per Bruce Murphy Health Director the lines connecting the different components
of the system may not need secondary containment depending on the
configuration of the system. The Health Office will review plans / diagrams from
Kaleidoscope to determine the containment requirements.
Kaleidoscope will update the Health Office as their decisions progress.