Dental Facilities

Studies have shown that about one third of the mercury discharged to EBMUD's wastewater treatment plant is from dental practices. EBMUD issues permits to dental facilities to reduce the discharge of amalgam waste to the sanitary sewer. The dental facilities are required to install a separator, which removes the amalgam from the process wastewater prior to discharge.

For more information, see the Dental Mercury Frequently Asked Questions and the following permit documents and resources, which are PDF files that can be viewed and printed with Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free software.

application/pdf iconDental Permit Phase 1
55.84 KB
application/pdf iconAmalgam Best Management Practices Self-Certification Form
25.71 KB
application/pdf iconDental Practice Information Form
29.95 KB
application/pdf iconDental Facilities Self-Certification Form
34.54 KB
application/pdf iconDental Facility Permit Phase 2 - Non-Amalgam
52.28 KB
application/pdf iconAnnual Technical Report Form for Non-Generators of Amalgam Waste
25.96 KB
application/pdf iconDental Permit Phase 2 - Amalgam
93.94 KB
application/pdf iconAnnual Technical Report Form for Generators of Amalgam Waste
28.06 KB
application/pdf iconAmalgam Separator Self-Certification Form
25.31 KB
application/pdf iconAmalgam Best Management Practices
30.02 KB
application/pdf iconGuidelines for Treatment of Spent Fixer
82.35 KB
application/pdf iconAmalgam Separators Annual Cost
63.15 KB
application/pdf iconDischarge Prohibition Sign
25.86 KB
application/pdf iconDTSC Fact Sheet
72.88 KB
application/pdf iconWater Pollution and Mercury Brochure
2.92 MB
application/pdf iconEBMUD Dental Mercury Permit Program Newsletter
88.26 KB

 

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