Following completion of Chapter 2, students should be able to:

1. Describe each of the methods used to treat metal wastes and how each method treats the wastestream.
2. Identify batch and continuous treatment processes and describe the conditions in which each type of process is used.
3. Collect, treat, and dispose of sludge generated by these treatment processes.
4. Operate and maintain treatment facilities for neutralization, metal precipitation, complexed metals removal, hexavalent chromium reduction, and destruction of cyanide by oxidation.

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